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Storage jar with Buddhist lions

CultureChinese
OriginJingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
PeriodMing dynasty (1368-1644)
Datec.1550-1600
MediumPorcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
DimensionsOverall: 15.2 x 15.9 cm (6 x 6 1/4 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionChinese porcelain jar, blue and white of ovoid shape. It is painted with two buddhist lion dogs among stylized scrollwork. The neck has 'ruyi' head band, and the base is glazed.
Credit LineThe Robert Murray Bell and Ann Walker Bell Collection of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain
Object numberG01.2.12
Classifications
Asian Ceramics
Sub-classification
Chinese Porcelain
Status
Not on view
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
Mid-16th century
Object number: G99.1.5
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1570-1620
Object number: G01.2.23
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1690-1720; cover 19th/20th century
Object number: G01.2.84a-b
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1680-1700
Object number: G01.2.80
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1690-1720
Object number: G01.2.83a-b
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
late 16th-early 17th Century
Object number: G12.16.2
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1600-1640
Object number: G01.2.34
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1645-1655
Object number: G01.2.49
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1690-1710
Object number: G01.2.75a-b
Pair of lion-dogs
19th Century
Object number: G18.1.7.1-2