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Source Description
The glazing pattern covering this vase reinterprets the Tang dynasty (619–907) “three color” (sancai) glaze that decorated ceramic objects and figurines of the time (see the camel and horse in the case behind you). Evoking the stripes of a tiger, the pattern is aptly named “tiger skin” (hu pi ban), and also known in English as “egg-and-spinach” due to the white, yellow, green, and purple or brown splotches.
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Document identity
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32496
label
Vase with Tiger Skin Glaze Pattern
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Source metadata
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32496
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object
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normalized
title
Vase with Tiger Skin Glaze Pattern
description
The glazing pattern covering this vase reinterprets the Tang dynasty (619–907) “three color” (sancai) glaze that decorated ceramic objects and figurines of the time (see the camel and horse in the case behind you). Evoking the stripes of a tiger, the pattern is aptly named “tiger skin” (hu pi ban), and also known in English as “egg-and-spinach” due to the white, yellow, green, and purple or brown splotches.
provenance
Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1662-1722 (Qing dynasty; reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662–1722))
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CC0
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en
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3
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3
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import
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cm
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23
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10
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/16 × Diam: 3 15/16 in. (23 × 10 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
dynasty
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
reign
Kangxi (1661-1722)
med
Porcelain, three color (sancai) glaze in tiger skin pattern (hu pi ban)
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6238
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none
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244
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