Jar with Landscape Scenes

China

late 17th–early 18th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 200

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Title: Jar with Landscape Scenes
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)
Date: late 17th–early 18th century
Culture: China
Medium: Porcelain covered with powdered blue glaze, painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze, and painted with gold (Jingdezhen ware)
Dimensions: H. 18 in. (45.7 cm); Diam. 19 in. (48.3 cm); Diam. of foot 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Object Number: 14.40.231a, b
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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