The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Flask with Medallion

Flask with Medallion

Period:: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Date:: early 15th century
Culture:: China
Medium:: Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Dimensions:: H. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Stanley Herzman, in memory of Adele Herzman, 1991
Accession Number:: 1991.253.37

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 204

Description

Both the shape of the flask and the stylized medallion painted on the front and back derive from Islamic traditions and reflect the strong ties between China and West Asian centers in the early fifteenth century.
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