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Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid;
'Bianhu' (flask) with bajixiang or the eight Buddhist emblem
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid;

'Bianhu' (flask) with bajixiang or the eight Buddhist emblem

CultureChinese
OriginJingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
PeriodQing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Datec.1736-95
MediumPorcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
DimensionsOverall: 49.8 x 37.5 cm (19 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
Markings'Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi' (Made in the Qianlong reign of the great Qing dynasty)
DescriptionBianhu of circular form, and each of the slightly domed sides centered with a raised boss. The cylindrical neck has moulded S-shaped brackets, and raised on a rectangular foot rim. Painted in underglaze blue in the Ming-style simulating the "heaping and piling" effect, found on early Ming porcelain. The neck, shoulders and foot rim has a dense foliate lingzi scroll design. The circular panels has a key-pattern border centering a traditional design of eight radiating lotus petal panels each decorated with one of the bajixiang or eight Buddhist emblems. Six character Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue.
Credit LineThe Robert Murray Bell and Ann Walker Bell Collection of Blue and White Chinese Porcelain
Object numberG98.9.1
Classifications
Asian Ceramics
Sub-classification
Chinese Porcelain
Status
On view
Garniture of Vases (Vases “têtes de morues” et vase “chinois nouvelle forme”)
Artist / Maker: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
1780
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18th century or earlier
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1662-1683
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c.1550-1640
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Mid-16th century
Object number: G99.1.5
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late 15th - early 16th century
Object number: G99.1.1
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c.1570-1620
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c.1600-1620
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c.1650-1660
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c.1600-1625
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c.1600-1625
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