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Temple Jar

Temple Jar

Maker Unknown, Chinese, 18th Century

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS

Date1735-1795

Mediumporcelain

Dimensionsheight without base: 35 × 22 in. (88.9 × 55.9 cm.) base: 37 × 20 × 18 in. (94 × 50.8 × 45.7 cm.)

DescriptionOne 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 LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.

Status

Not on view

Label TextIn 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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