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- Accession Number
- 2010.350
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit Line
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National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- Gallery location
- 17th Century & Flemish Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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From the middle of the eighteenth to the end of the nineteenth century, the Vietnamese court and aristocracy commissioned Chinese porcelain wares decorated with Vietnamese designs in underglaze cobalt blue. This style of Chinese porcelain is known as bleu de Hue and was produced in varying qualities. This example of bleu de Hue ware was probably produced in the late eighteenth century at the secondary porcelain workshops in Jiangxi Province. The motif of a scholar at his desk is typical of the subjects taken from Sino-Vietnamese literature, history and geography adorning bleu de Hue wares.