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early 18th century · Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under and colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) · Asian Art

The lotuses and water were painted using blue outlines under the glaze and colored enamels over the glaze. This complicated technique, which began in China in the fifteenth century, was refined in the eighteenth and is often known as doucai, or joined colors.

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 18th century

Medium

Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under and colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1925