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Potiche Jar
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Potiche Jar

Maker
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Date1368-1644
Mediumporcelain
Dimensions18 1/2 × 12 × 12 in. (47 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm.)
DescriptionA Ming dynasty Fahua-type porcelain potiche jar with lapis, turquoise and aubergine glazes. At the foot of the jar is a deep wave border. The design of figures presumably represents the eight immortals; He Xiangu who holds a Lingzhi (fungus), Li Gieguai, who holds a gourd, Zhang Guolao, who holds a bamboo drum, La Dongbin who holds a fly whisk, Lan Caihe, who holds a flower basket, Cao Guoqiu who holds a clapper, Han Ziangzi, who holds a flute, and Zhongli Quan, who holds a bare belly. There are ruyi lappets enclosing flowers sprays on the shoulders of the jar. The lid is carved out of teakwood.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Florence M. Quinn
Status
Not on view
Object number44.82
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Potiche Jar
Unknown
1368-1644
Object number: 44.80
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Object number: 000.14
Illustration 3 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Old Dragon.
Illustration 3 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Old Dragon.
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Object number: 000.16
Illustration 4 to Milton's "Comus": The Brothers Meet the Attendant Spirit in the Wood
Illustration 4 to Milton's "Comus": The Brothers Meet the Attendant Spirit in the Wood
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Object number: 000.23
Illustration 5 to Milton's "Comus": The Magic Banquet with the Lady Spell-Bound
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William Blake
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Object number: 000.24
Illustration 6 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Raphael Warns Adam and Eve
Illustration 6 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Raphael Warns Adam and Eve
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1807
Object number: 000.7
Illustration 5 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Flight of Moloch
Illustration 5 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Flight of Moloch
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Object number: 000.18
Illustration 4 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Overthrow of Apollo and the Pagan Gods
Illustration 4 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Overthrow of Apollo and the Pagan Gods
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Object number: 000.17
Virgin and Child
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Object number: 26.105
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Psyche Spying on Cupid
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.48
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Unknown, British
ca. 1907
Object number: 2000.5.2852
Illustration 6 to Milton's "Comus": The Brothers Driving out Comus
Illustration 6 to Milton's "Comus": The Brothers Driving out Comus
William Blake
ca. 1801
Object number: 000.25