Ming Dynasty baluster jar and cover

An image of Square section baluster jar and cover with wooden stand. The jar is painted on all sides with five-claw dragons, phoenixes and the eight precious emblems below a border of ruyi head lappets around the shoulders and scrolls on the neck. The cover is painted with the eight precious emblems and cloud scrolls. Hard-paste porcelain, thrown, decorated in underglaze-blue, height, jar, 26.5 cm, height, whole, 31.8 cm, diameter, whole, 17.3 cm, circa 1573-1619. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli period (1573-1619). Chinese. As a pair with C.716.1 & A & B-1991.

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Square section baluster jar and cover with wooden stand. The jar is painted on all sides with five-claw dragons, phoenixes and the eight precious emblems below a border of ruyi head lappets around the shoulders and scrolls on the neck. The cover is painted with the eight precious emblems and cloud scrolls. Hard-paste porcelain, thrown, decorated in underglaze-blue, height, jar, 26.5 cm, height, whole, 31.8 cm, diameter, whole, 17.3 cm, circa 1573-1619. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli period (1573-1619). Chinese. As a pair with C.716.1 & A & B-1991.

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Accession Number: C.716.2 & A & B-1991
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 763 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 464.90kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 39/1
Captured: 2012:10:24 11:17:30

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16th Century 17th Century baluster vase blue and white Chinese dragons Fitz_AA glazed hard-paste porcelain lidded Ming Dynasty pair phoenix porcelain Ruiyi underglaze vase

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