Cleveland Museum of Art

Pair of Hexagonal Flower Pots

Date

1300s–1400s

Medium

porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware

Culture

China, Henan province, Yuxian, Juntai, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

Department

Chinese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This deep hexagonal flowerpot, one of a pair in the collection, is numbered "8" and bears additional inscriptions to indicate specifically the location of its usage within the palace: "for use in the Study of Illumination ( Mingchuang yong )" within the "Hall of Cultivating the Mind ( Yangxin Dian )" of the Forbidden City. The inscriptions seem to suggest the Qing imperial provenance of this pair.

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