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Jar cover

Description

Jar cover of porcelain, wucai (five-colour) ware painted in figure subjects in underglaze blue and overglaze red, yellow, green and aubergine: China, Ming or Qing dynasty, 17th century AD

Museum reference

A.1888.71 A

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Jar cover

Production information

China, East Asia

Date

17th century

Style / Culture

Ming Dynasty, Chinese
Qing Dynasty, Chinese (Manchu)

Materials

Porcelain

Physical description

Porcelain

Exhibitions

  • Ming: The Golden Empire (27 Jun 2014 - 19 Oct 2014)
    National Museum of Scotland

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