Hexagonal Flower Pot

1300s–1400s
Overall: 12.5 x 15 cm (4 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
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This deep hexagonal flowerpot, one of a pair in the collection, is numbered "8" and bears additional inscriptions to indicate specifically the location of its usage within the palace: "for use in the Study of Illumination (Mingchuang yong)" within the "Hall of Cultivating the Mind (Yangxin Dian)" of the Forbidden City. The inscriptions seem to suggest the Qing imperial provenance of this flower pot.
Hexagonal Flower Pot

Hexagonal Flower Pot

1300s–1400s

China, Henan province, Yuxian, Juntai, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

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