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Description: | double circle on base CRE UNKNOWN; (17-18th century?) This is a ginger jar, decorated with a prunus pattern in white on a blue background. There is no record of a cover for the jar though it would probably have had one originally.
This item is part of the collection of over 330 pieces of Chinese ceramics and approximately 15 items of Japanese ceramics from the estate of James McNeill Whistler, gifted and bequeathed by the artist's sister-in-law, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), in 1935 and 1958. .
Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958.
EXTRA; Date is a guess! Will need to put a real one in at some point. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | CERAMIC : WHISTLER : BLUE AND WHITE : CHINESE : GINGER : WHISTLER CENTENARY : VASE : JAR : PRUNUS : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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