Urn with Dragon Maker: Unknown

late 18th–early 19th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Porcelain with cobalt blue under a clear glaze (Guangdong ware)

Dimensions

14 3/8 × 5 1/2 × 30 7/8 in. (36.5 × 14 × 78.5 cm)
base (foot): 7 1/2 in. (19.05 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of John Crockett

Accession Number

2008.222.170

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Said to have come from Bicol, Philippines. Purchased by J. Crockett from Poten Badillo, Landicho's Antiques, M. S. del Pilar St., Manila on May 26, 1969.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2009," in "State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 146, ill
  • Leandro V. Locsin and Cecilia Locsin, Oriental Ceramics Discovered in the Philippines (Rutland, Vt.: C.E. Tuttle Co., 1967),
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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