Chinese porcelain moon vase with fruit and flowers

An image of Moon vase/flask. The flask is decorated in underglaze blue with fruit and flowers. Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze colours. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Chinese.

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Moon vase/flask. The flask is decorated in underglaze blue with fruit and flowers. Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze colours. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Chinese.

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Accession Number: C.7-1973
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 775 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 444.73kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2012:10:19 12:06:34

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blue and white ceramics Chinese Fitz_AA flask floral flowers foliate fruits glazed hard-paste porcelain leaves Ming Dynasty moon vase porcelain studio ceramics underglaze vase

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