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| Keywords: Chinese - Vase in the Shape of a Cong - Walters 491056.jpg This vase is an example of transmutation ware in blue green red and violet This form first appeared in Neolithic times and eventually it was said to symbolize the earth At the corners appear eight trigrams symbols of the eight elements- heaven earth water fire thunder mountain valley and wind between 1735 1795 stoneware with mottled glaze cm 14 4 accession number 49 1056 8763 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters Reign Mark Qianlong Ch'ien-lung Masterpieces of Chinese Porcelain Walters place of origin Guangdong Kwangtung China Walters Art Museum license Art of China in Masterpieces of Chinese Porcelain Walters Chinese ceramics in the Walters Art Museum Chinese stoneware Ceramics of the Qing Dynasty | ||||
