
Collection Online as of February 9, 2023
Part of a set. See all set records
Porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware
Overall: 13.4 x 14 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.661.2
not on view
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.