China 1000-1800 Flashcards
Sutra Boxes
Type: box, container
Materials/Techniques: Red lacquer on sandalwood with molded application and gold painting
Creator/Culture: Chinese
Date/Period: 1043/Northern Song
Style Period: Northern Song
Discovery Date/Place of Origin: excavated 1966; Huiguang Pagoda in Rui’an, a suburb of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province
Repository: Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou
Meiping vase with Peony Scrolls
Type: vase, vessel
Materials/Techniques: Porcelain with sgraffito decoration
Dimensions: H. 49.5 cm
Creator/Culture: Chinese
Date/Period: late 11th-early 12th century/Northern Song
Style/Style Period: Cizhou ware/Northern Song
Place of Origin: Northern China
Repository: Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Bronze Ritual Vessel (ding)
Type: ding, vessel
Materials/Techniques: cast bronze
Dimensions: H. 23 cm
Culture/Patron: Chinese/Ordered by emperor Huizong and presented as a gift to the Eunuch Tong Guan, then in charge of the Bureau of Military Affairs, to be used in ancestral worship
Date/Period: 1116/Northern Song
Style Period: Northern Song/Imitation of Shang
Place of Origin: Northern China
Repository: National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Yu Taming the Waters
Type: scultpure
Materials/Techniques: Carved jade (nephrite) on stand
Creator/Culture: Chinese
Date/Period: 1787-8/Qing
Style Period: Qing
Place of Origin: jade, Central Asia; carved, Southern China
Repository: Palace Museum, Beijing, China
The David Vases
Type: vase, vessel
Materials/Techniques: porcelain with cobalt blue decoration under transparent glaze
Dimensions: H. 63 cm
Creator/Culture: Chinese
Date/Period: 1351/Yuan
Style Period: Yuan
Place of Origin: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
Repository: Percival David Foundation, British Museum, London, UK
“Monk’s Cap” Ewer
Type: ewer, pitcher
Materials/Techniques: porcelain with copper-red (“fresh red”) glaze
Dimensions: H. 19 cm
Creator/Culture: Chinese
Date/Period: Xuande era (1426– 1435)
Style Period: Ming
Place of Origin: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
Repository: National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Cloisonné box
Type: box, storage
Materials/Techniques: Cloisonné enamel
Dimensions: D. 12.4 cm
Creator/Culture: Chinese
Date/Period: ca. 1435–1460/Ming
Style Period: Ming
Place of Origin: China
Repository: National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Flower Vase
Type: vase, vessel
Materials/Techniques: porcelain with painted enamel decoration
Creator/Culture: Chinese
Date/Period: Qianlong period (1736–1796)
Style Period: Qing
Place of Origin: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
Repository: British Museum, London, UK
Two Yokeback Chairs
Type: furniture
Materials/Techniques: Huali wood with silk tapestry chair cover
Creator/Culture: Chinese
Date/Period: 17th century/Ming
Style Period: Ming
Place of Origin: China
Repository: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Table with Drawers
Type: furniture
Materials/Techniques: carved red lacquer on wood
Dimensions: H. 79.2 cm
Creator/Culture: Chinese
Date/Period: 15th century/Ming
Style Period: Ming
Place of Origin: Beijing, China
Repository: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
