Decorative arts

Temple Jar

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Type: Decorative arts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1736-1795
Accession number: 27.115
Maker: Unknown, Chinese, 18th Century(Opens in new tab) (Chinese)
Dimensions: height without base: 35 × 22 in. (88.9 × 55.9 cm.) base: 37 × 20 × 18 in. (94 × 50.8 × 45.7 cm.)
Medium: porcelain
Description: One of a pair of Chinese porcelain temple jars from the Quianlong period. Each jar is decorated with four vases of flowers in various colors.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: Asian Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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In addition to the Renaissance and 18th-century French artworks that Henry Huntington assembled in 1927 to create a memorial to his wife, the Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection included a few examples of Asian art, such as these large jars decorated with delicate floral arrangements.

Temple Jar

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