Title

Fahua vase, Ming dynasty, China, c1500. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Fahua vase, Ming dynasty, China, c1500. A small pottery Fahua vase of pear shape. The slender body is decorated on either side with a stylised lotus spray. The large single bloom is flecked in aubergine within a radiating scrolling foliage picked out in bright turquoise on the overall deep aubergine ground.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1500

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B73_106

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (395,9Kb) / 7,4in x 9,5in / 2208 x 2837 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature flower flowers plant arts country China art Chinese color colour turquoise purple decoration ming aubergine location century porcelain floral pottery artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty lotus vase artifact glazed polychrome 16th century sixteenth century 15th century Museum of East Asian Art fifteenth century object Unknown ceramic ceramic object