Bottle with Transmutation Glaze

1736-1795 (Qing dynasty; reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736–95))

16.5 cm 34.4 cm

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The term “transmutation” is a translation of the Chinese word “yao bian'' meaning “changing of color in the kiln.” The streaked or variegated effect of the glaze as seen on this vase is spontaneous, resulting from the ways that different color glazes react to each other when f...

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Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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