Title
Vase
Year/Period
Kangxi period (1662-1722), Qing dynasty
Region
China
Dimension
Object size: H43.4 x Dia21.0 x Dia of mouth4.0 cm
Accession No.
1995-03478
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift from Jurong Town Corporation
This painted celadon bottle vase with a tall cylindrical neck and bulbous body is a form known as 'youzhui ping', a design of Kangxi period. It is covered with a crackled glaze of sea-green tone. The bottle has an overall design of leafy meander with stylised dragons on the neck and body. Around the mouth rim is a 'ruyi' band.Many of monochrome ceramic wares such as this piece took their inspiration from the southern Chinese celadon tradition. Celadon is a French term that is used to refer to wares that derived their green-tone from glazes that were rich in naturally occurring iron-oxide.
