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Vase
Medium
porcelain, enamel
Measurements
34.8 × 16.8 cm diameter
Place/s of Execution
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, south-east China, China
Inscription
inscribed in red enamel (in Chinese characters) on base c.: (Zhu rentang zhi: made for the hall where one dwells in benevolence)
Accession Number
1764-D4
Department
Asian Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1958
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Elongated ovoid form tapering to short neck with everted rim; rooster standing on eccentric rock with hen and three chickens in garden of flowering plants, with two flying birds. Porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamels on white on buff body.