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Source Description
This type of water pot for washing brushes is named for sharing the shape of a beehive or chicken-coop (domed bamboo baskets with a small opening on top for feeding chicks). Beehive washers have wide round feet, domed body, and a short narrow neck with rounded rim. A peach bloom glaze covers the washer; note the uniform light red speckled with deeper apple reds. The neck of this example is mottled with light apple green. Three medallions incised in the porcelain before firing appear on the sides and depict stylized dragons coiled among clouds.The finest of peach bloom wares date to the latter half of the Kangxi reign (1662-1722), produced at the Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen. The glaze's delicate modulation of color suited its application on sets of petite porcelains for the scholar's writing table.
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Document identity
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25152
label
Water Vessel
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object
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Source metadata
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25152
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Water Vessel
description
This type of water pot for washing brushes is named for sharing the shape of a beehive or chicken-coop (domed bamboo baskets with a small opening on top for feeding chicks). Beehive washers have wide round feet, domed body, and a short narrow neck with rounded rim. A peach bloom glaze covers the washer; note the uniform light red speckled with deeper apple reds. The neck of this example is mottled with light apple green. Three medallions incised in the porcelain before firing appear on the sides and depict stylized dragons coiled among clouds.The finest of peach bloom wares date to the latter half of the Kangxi reign (1662-1722), produced at the Imperial kilns at Jingdezhen. The glaze's delicate modulation of color suited its application on sets of petite porcelains for the scholar's writing table.
provenance
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1710-1722 (Qing)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
vessels
brush washers
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2
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2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.5
height
12.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 3/8 × Diam: 4 15/16 in. (8.5 × 12.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
inscriptions
[Reign Mark] In blue underglaze: da qing kang xi nian zhi
dynasty
Qing Dynasty
reign
Kangxi (1662-1722)
med
porcelain with peach bloom glaze
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6238
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CHN
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2514
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1
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