Vase with Dragonfish Handles

China

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 204

Vases of this type were especially popular in Japan, where they were sometimes used in the tea ceremony. The vase’s form, known as a mallet shape, can be traced to glass vessels produced in Syria in the ninth and tenth century and was most likely introduced to China at around that time. The fanciful handles are a Chinese addition.

Vase with Dragonfish Handles, Porcelain with relief decoration under celadon glaze (Longquan ware), China

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Vase with Dragonfish Handles, Porcelain with relief decoration under celadon glaze (Longquan ware), China
Vase with Dragonfish Handles, Porcelain with relief decoration under celadon glaze (Longquan ware), China
Vase with Dragonfish Handles, Porcelain with relief decoration under celadon glaze (Longquan ware), China
Vase with Dragonfish Handles, Porcelain with relief decoration under celadon glaze (Longquan ware), China
Vase with Dragonfish Handles, Porcelain with relief decoration under celadon glaze (Longquan ware), China

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