Chinese Qing dynasty blue and white set of garniture vases

dc.contributor.other	Van Tilburg, J.A.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-07T06:08:40Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-07T06:08:40Z
dc.date.created	1662
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.description	This three-piece underglaze blue-and-white porcelain ritual garniture set, consisting of two square vases based on bronze shapes and a central rectangular lidded pot on four legs with a foot stand and attachable handles, probable were made for a temple. The two similar vases are decorated with a pointed border around the neck and three bands containing Buddhist figures in the clouds and in a landscape. The central rectangular Ting pot is decorated with a fret border around the neck and Buddhist figures in a landscape, sages and panels with holy men, standing on four leonine claws for feet. The rectangular lid is decorated with flowerheads and one of the eight Buddhist precious things, the Cash, a circle enclosing a square. On the top of the lid is a blue Buddhist Dog of Fo.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	Ceramic 101	en_ZA
dc.format.extent	420 mm x 130 mm (side vases) 510 mm x 303 mm (center vases)	en_ZA
dc.format.medium	Underglaze blue-and-white porcelain	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53951
dc.publisher	Department of the University of Pretoria Art	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	UP-Art : paintings, drawings and sculptures	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	D701002	en_ZA
dc.rights	Copyright of the electronic version, University of Pretoria.	en_ZA
dc.subject	Ritual garniture set	en_ZA
dc.title	Chinese Qing dynasty blue and white set of garniture vases	en_ZA
dc.type	Image	en_ZA