Title
Altar vessel 'zun'
1735-1795
Artists
Unknown Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Ceremonial altar vessel 'zun'
- Place where the work was made
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China
- Period
- Qianlong 1736 - 1795 → Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Date
- 1735-1795
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with yellow glaze
- Dimensions
- 28.4 x 25.3 cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1969
- Location
- North Building, lower level 1
- Accession number
- EC3.1969
- Copyright
- Share
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About
During the Qianlong period of 18th-century China, a type of monochrome porcelain ware was produced for ritual use by the emperor. The forms of the ceramics were derived from ancient bronzes and their colour determined by the temple for which they were made: yellow, as shown here, was for the Temple of Earth.
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Places
Where the work was made
China
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
Making Worlds, Art Gallery of New South Wales, North Building, Sydney, 03 Dec 2022–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The Marvel of Porcelain', Sydney, 2003, 129 (colour illus.).
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