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Jar with cover

Chinese Export
Object Place: East Asia, China for export

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions 23.3 cm (9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Miss Susan Weld
Accession Number93.1a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Asia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionBulbous body, widest at shoulder. White ground; band of salmon-colored decoration with gilt lines, around the bottom; floral designs in dull purples and browns on shoulder; festoons in brick-red and gilt. Central medallion. Pair with 93.2a-b.
Provenance1893, bequest of Miss Susan Weld, Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 3, 1893)