White bottle with two necks, patterned with dark blue leaves. Rounded at the bottom, the form tapers into two elegant spouts, which curve away from each other.
White bottle with two necks, patterned with dark blue leaves. Rounded at the bottom, the form tapers into two elegant spouts, which curve away from each other.
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Unknown Maker, Chinese

Pair of Vessels

Maker

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Culture

Chinese

Title

Pair of Vessels

Period

Ming

Year

1600s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

porcelain

Geography

Place Made: China

Dimensions

Height: 20 cm (7 7/8 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Susan Martin Allien

Object Number

35.666

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 16: Intimacy

RISD Museum’s Manual 16 Embraces Intimacy

Intimacy reveals something deeply human in us. We need each other on a practical level, which means having to trust strangers. It’s analogous to what I understand prayer requires and what writing poems requires: an openness to the unknown, coupled with trust, a belief that we won’t be hurt. It’s at once akin to and the same as devotion.
-Carl Phillips

The RISD Museum’s sixteenth issue of Manual touches on the bonds of intimacy and its many expressions. This issue complements the exhibition Any distance between us, co-curated by Stephen Truax and Dominic Molon, on view at the RISD Museum through March 13, 2022.

Exhibition History

Mrs. Alexis B. Hafken Farago Bridge Gallery
Jan 02, 2014
Glimpses of Grandeur
Courtly Arts of the Later Islamic Empires
Sep 24, 1999 – Dec 26, 1999
Visions of the East
Jun 10, 1983 – Aug 20, 1983

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Chinese
Pair of Vessels, 1600s
Porcelain with underglaze blue and glaze
Height: 20 cm (7 7/8 inches)
Bequest of Susan Martin Allien 35.666

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