Title

Qingbai lotus petal water dropper with crab, Yuan-early Ming dynasty, China, 14th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Qingbai lotus petal water dropper with crab, Yuan-early Ming dynasty, China, 14th century. A Qingbai water dropper in the form of a lotus leaf with ragged edges. One end is pinched by a small crab astride the leaf to form a spout. The whole is well carved and covered by off-white Qingbai glaze of bluish tinge.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1300

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B73_126

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (487,1Kb) / 9,5in x 7,4in / 2837 x 2208 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature leaves flower flowers plant arts country leaf white China art Chinese color colour ming location century porcelain pottery artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty lotus artifact glazed 14th century Fourteenth Century Museum of East Asian Art Qingbai water dropper Yuan dynasty object Unknown ceramic ceramic object