Cleveland Museum of Art
Hexagonal Flower Pot
- 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 flower pot.
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