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In China they were used to hold a variety of substances or were simply ornamental objects.<br><br><b>Time</b><br>In China porcelain with cobalt blue designs painted under the glaze first became popular during the 14th century. Motifs on blue and white porcelain included figurative scenes from well-known novels and legends. During the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) the potters at the Jingdezhen kilns in south China created many different types of porcelain adorned with a large variety of decoration, including rich monochrome glazes and cobalt blue decoration. The Qing dynasty reign mark of Kangxi (1662-1722) can be seen on the base of this jar. Porcelains of the Kangxi period are renowned for their clear colour and painterly decoration, as exemplified here. During this period medium-sized jars and bowls were often decorated with garden scenes depicting scholars, women and children at leisure.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>The cobalt blue pigment was painted directly on to the porcelain body, which was then covered with a clear glaze and fired to a temperature of between 1280 and 1350ºC.","physicalDescription":"Jar and lid of porcelain, globular form painted in blue with a figures in a scene. Around the rim of the lid, a swirling pattern. On the top of the lid, a scaled animal. 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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 Jingdezhen kilns in Jiangxi Province, China;;","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Jar and lid, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China, Jingdezhen, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 1662-1722","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"Kangxi reign period","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nCHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN<br>\nMany collectors admired Chinese blue and white porcelain. These pieces were owned by the artists James McNeill Whistler and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who began collecting in the 1860s. The most important dealer selling such porcelain was Murray Marks (1840-1918) whose business card showed a painting by Whistler of a blue and white jar.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.836-1910","C.836A-1910"],"accessionNumberNum":"836","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1910,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Jar","Lid"],"assets":["2019LR1890","2019LP7820","2019LP7219","2019LP4382","2019LU7746","2019LU1910","2019LV2206","2019LV2106","2019LV7547","2019LV9774","2019LV9107"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}