Water vessel (kendi)

7th century

Chinese

The early porcelain in northern China is not perfectly white; the glaze often has a yellow or green tint.

Northern white ware, hard paste porcelain

6 3/4 in. (17.15 cm), height

3 3/4 in. (9.53 cm), diameter

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

49.140

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Media

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SAM's Porcelain Room

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Glaze, Pattern and Image: Decoration in Chinese Ceramics", September 7, 2002 - November 19, 2002

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)

Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 18

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