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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
image of Baluster Vase with Dragon Handles
Chinese Ming Dynasty (artist)
Baluster Vase with Dragon Handles, Wanli period, 1573/1620
porcelain with green glaze
overall: 39.9 x 13.9 cm (15 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.532
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From the Tour: Chinese Porcelains
Object 2 of 24

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in calligraphy in a style consistent with Wanli in a horizontal white reserve panel under the lip in dark, vivid underglaze cobalt blue: Da Ming Wanli nian zhi (made in the Wanli reign of the great Ming Dynasty)

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