Detail View: The AMICA Library: Vase
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.76.72.29
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AMICA Library Year:
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2003
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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Korea
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Korea
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Title:
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Vase
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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18th century
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Creation Start Date:
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1700
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Creation End Date:
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1800
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Materials and Techniques:
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Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and copper red decor
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Classification Term:
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Ceramic
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Dimensions:
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H.8-5/8 in.
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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76.72.29
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.
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Rights:
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Context:
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While highly skilled potters at the official kilns produced elegant shapes out of refined porcelain clay, local potters had to manage with inferior materials. The squat proportions and surface imperfections of this jar suggest its rural origins. Nevertheless, the rendering of a bird on a branch of blossoming plum was skillfully executed.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.16989c.tif
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