Vase with Pomegranates, Peaches, and Longans

1722-1735 (Qing dynasty; reign of the Yongzheng emperor (1722–35))

22.7 cm 34 cm

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This vase displays a sensitive nature study in pastel shades—known in China now as “powdery colors” (fencai)—that characterizes imperial porcelain made during the Yongzheng reign (1722–35). These soft colors were first introduced from Europe around 1685. Another hallmark of Yo...

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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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