Hexagonal Flower Pot
1400–1420
- Medium
- porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware
- Dimensions
- Overall: 13.4 x 14 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramics
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
China, Henan province, Yuxian, Juntai, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
About
This deep hexagonal flowerpot, one of a pair in the collection, is numbered "10" and bears additional inscriptions to specifically indicate 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.