| Native Name | Hu (Chinese vessel type) |
| Object Number | 88-10-14A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Period | Qing Dynasty | Qianlong |
| Date Made | Qianlong |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Tianbai |
| Inscription Language | Chinese Language |
| Description | White (tianbai) vase, ancient bronze form of Hu. Pear shaped with wide mouth and round footed base. Fine grained porcelain body with white glaze faintly tinged with green, exterior and interior. Wide neck with molded sacred flame and cloud ornament. Shoulder has a wheelmade ring. Lower body depicts in molded relief a unicorn, crouching on the Rocks of the Ten Thousand Tears which emerge from the sea. The sacred flames and clouds converging toward him. The winged deer opposite him with raised tail, wings indicating state of immortality. Wave relief pattern around bottom of body. Smooth footed base. Slightly recessed base has same glaze with formalized seal mark of Emperor Qianlong. Unglazed footrim. Wooden stand. |
| Height | 20 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Robert C. Alexander, 1988 |
| Other Number | 299 - Other Number | L.38.54 - Other Number | 184 - Other Number |
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