Title
Vase decorated with figure of Shoulao
1910s
Artists
Unknown Artist
No image
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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China
- Period
- Republic 1912 - 1949 → China
- Date
- 1910s
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with iron red, grey and gold enamels
- Dimensions
- 6.0 cm diam. of mouth; 19.2 x 11.7 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Mr J.H. Myrtle 1983
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 219.1983
- Share
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About
This vase depicts Shoulao the star God of Longevity carrying two of his attributes, a staff and peaches. The mark on the base of the vase refers to a palace in Beijing occupied by General Yuan Shikai from about 1912.
Hepburn Myrtle, 'Late Imperial Chinese Porcelain', AGNSW, 1980, p.41.
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Places
Where the work was made
China
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Aug 1980–21 Sep 1980
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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J. Hepburn Myrtle, Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, Sydney, 1980, 7, 41 (illus.). cat.no. 63
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