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Vases of this shape are called ‘meiping’ in Chinese, meaning 'prunus vase'. Although they were used to hold prunus flowers, they served other functions as well. ‘Meiping’ vases were made at many different Chinese kilns from the 12th century to the 19th. \r\n\r\nThis elegant vase appealed to George Salting (1835-1909), a passionate collector who bequeathed to the Museum a large number of Chinese ceramics. When Salting bought this piece it was already more than 400 years old. The Chinese had always treasured ancient ceramics, but it was only after the opening up of China to the West after 1840 that antique items became available to other collectors. The appearance of these hitherto unknown objects on the British art market inspired artists to create new forms and patterns.","physicalDescription":"Vase of stoneware, pear-shaped, decorated with black floral design on turquoise ground. 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This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.\nMade at the Cizhou kilns in Hebei Province, China","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Vase, stoneware decorated in black under turquoise glaze, Cizhou ware, China, Handan, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 1300-1400","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nCHINESE AND ENGLISH VERSIONS OF A VASE<br>\nThe turquoise vase is Chinese but decorated in a style that was quite rare in China and was originally influenced by ceramics from Syria. The British designer of the red vase seems to have been inspired by the 'mei ping' shape and its stylised lotus and foliage pattern. He has combined them with a fashionable red lustre glaze.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.1012-1910"],"accessionNumberNum":"1012","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1910,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP7789","2019LP6475","2019LU9790","2019LU9393"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}