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Bencharong toh jar
Date: 19th century
Medium: Porcelain, enamel
Classification: Containers
Credit Line: Gift of the Doris Duke Southeast Asian Art Collection
Object number: 2003.7.20 A,B
DescriptionThe urn-shaped, footed jar has a 5-tiered, tapering lid- both have bencharong polychrome enameled 'five colored' wares: red, yellow, green, and blue enamel, and the topmost knob is in russet. Enamel decorations of leaf and floral patterns in bands run from bast to top. 'Quatrefoil motif' is interspaced with floral and leaf forms around the largest, central band of the jar.
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