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This type of glaze was called <i>chuiqing</i> or 'blown blue' in China, and known as <i>bleu soufflé</i> or <i>fouetté</i> in Europe. The name derives from the particular technique required to apply the glaze on the surface: the powdered cobalt was blown through a bamboo cane that had a fine gauze at one of the extremities.\r\n\r\nObjects with powder-blue glaze were produced since the late 17th century, and by the early 18th century fine gilded decorations of flowers, landscapes and symbolic motifs were added on the surface. They were particularly favoured in the Middle East but also widely exported in Europe, where they were used as tableware in the residences of aristocrats and wealthy people, or exhibited on the walls and in the niches of the so-called 'porcelain rooms'.","physicalDescription":"Porcelain jar and lid, with ovoid form, rounded shoulders rising to a cylindrical neck, and low foot; the domed lid is surmounted by a bud-shape knob. 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This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.\nBought from Orrock Collection.;;","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Porcelain jar and lid, with powder-blue glaze and decoration in underglaze blue, Jingdezhen, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"birds","id":"x35043"},{"text":"flowers","id":"x35571"},{"text":"landscapes","id":"x31544"},{"text":"One hundred antiquities","id":"x44595"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Jar with mountain scenes\r\nChina, Jingdezhen, 1700–10\r\nMuseum no. 68&A-1887","date":{"text":"September 2009","earliest":"2009-09-01","latest":"2009-09-30"}}],"partNumbers":["68-1887","68A-1887"],"accessionNumberNum":"68","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1887,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Jar","Lid"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-09","recordCreationDate":"2008-12-09","availableToBook":false}}