Drug Jar with Foliage Design (Translation)
景德鎮窯青花草葉紋藥罐 清康熙 (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
The Dutch East India Company, the largest trading company between Europe and Asia in the late 17th century, ordered the creation of this vessel, which bears the label “Diacarth”, a reference to a type of medicinal paste. The jar was produced at a Chinese kiln in Jingdezhen, the center of ceramic production in southeastern China.
Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662–1722)
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DIACARTH
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John A. Pope
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