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Chinese porcelain jar and cover

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An image of Jar and cover. The white jar and cover have a blue dragon pattern going around them.
The mark and period of Hsuan Te can be found in a violet blue which is stronger than the decoration, within two concentric circles. Hard-paste porcelain, height, jar and cover, 28.3 cm, height, jar, 18.7 cm, diameter, jar, 22.9 cm, 1426-1435. Hsuan te period. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

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Jar and cover. The white jar and cover have a blue dragon pattern going around them. The mark and period of Hsuan Te can be found in a violet blue which is stronger than the decoration, within two concentric circles. Hard-paste porcelain, height, jar and cover, 28.3 cm, height, jar, 18.7 cm, diameter, jar, 22.9 cm, 1426-1435. Hsuan te period. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

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  • Accession Number: C.119 & A-1950
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3D II-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 942 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 606.05kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1
  • Captured: 2009:05:19 07:39:02

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15th Century blue blue and white ceramics Chinese cover dragons Fitz_AA hard-paste porcelain Hsuan-Te period jar lidded Ming Dynasty porcelain storage jar vessel

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