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Source Description
This ovoid bottle-vase has gently undulating sides, bulging out at the center and tapering at both ends to a round foot and to the neck and round mouth. The white eggshell porcelain of the body is covered in a translucent white glaze. A simple yet elegant shape and silhouette are achieved, accentuated by the serine white glaze.
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Document identity
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18472
label
Vase
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object
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1
Source metadata
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18472
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object
stage
normalized
title
Vase
description
This ovoid bottle-vase has gently undulating sides, bulging out at the center and tapering at both ends to a round foot and to the neck and round mouth. The white eggshell porcelain of the body is covered in a translucent white glaze. A simple yet elegant shape and silhouette are achieved, accentuated by the serine white glaze.
provenance
William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1723-1735 (Yongzheng)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
vases
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
inscriptions
[Reign mark] In underglaze blue
inscribed in double circle: da qing yong zheng nian zhi
dynasty
Qing Dynasty
reign
Yongzheng (1723-35)
med
porcelain with white glaze
creator_ids
6238
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
3172
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