Mustard pot

Description

Globular mustard pot of porcelain with bracket handle, painted with eight petal-panels of alternating lotus and peony stems: China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign, from the Vung Tau Cargo, c. 1690

Museum reference

A.1992.38 A

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Mustard pot

Production information

China, East Asia

Date

c. 1690

Style / Culture

Kangxi reign, Qing Dynasty, Chinese (Manchu)

Materials

Porcelain

Physical description

Porcelain, blue and white; painted with eight petal-panels of alternating lotus and peony stems

Associations

Vung Tau Cargo

References

Sheaf, Colin, Chinamania: The Vung Tau Cargo

Christie's catalogue, The Vung Tau Cargo, Chinese Export Porcelain, Amsterdam, 1992, pp. 40-41