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Title

Vase

1920s-1930s

Artist

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Jingdezhen Jiangxi Province China
    Period
    Republic 1912 - 1949 → China
    Date
    1920s-1930s
    Media category
    Ceramic
    Materials used
    egg shell porcelain with enamel decoration
    Dimensions
    8.4 cm diam. of mouth; 25.4 x 15.7 cm
    Credit
    Bequest of Alan Renshaw 1975
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    290.1975
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Jingdezhen ware

    Works in the collection

    119

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    The medium description of this vase is egg shell porcelain with enamel decoration. The potting is extremely thin, probably less than 1 mm. This type of fragile glassy porcelain was the result of technical innovations introduced at Jingdezhen early this century.

    Hepburn Myrtle, 'Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain', AGNSW, 1980.

  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Jingdezhen

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 2 publications

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