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Temple Jar

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Type
Decorative arts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1735-1795
Accession number
27.125
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 Qianlong period. Each jar is decorated with four vases of flowers in various colors.
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.
Department
Asian Art
Find out more
View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
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.

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