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Source Description
This porcelain vase displays a pinkish red glaze mottled with russet spots and tinged with green. The Chinese have various names for this glaze such as apple red (pingguo hong), and the most common, bean red (jiangdou hong). In English, this glaze is known as “peach bloom.” The mottled effect of the glaze occurs organically in the kiln through the unpredictable alchemy of oxidation during firing. The appeal of the bean red glaze lies in its infinite variations of colorful effects.
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Document identity
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4668
label
Vase with Bean Red Glaze
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Source metadata
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4668
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title
Vase with Bean Red Glaze
description
This porcelain vase displays a pinkish red glaze mottled with russet spots and tinged with green. The Chinese have various names for this glaze such as apple red (pingguo hong), and the most common, bean red (jiangdou hong). In English, this glaze is known as “peach bloom.” The mottled effect of the glaze occurs organically in the kiln through the unpredictable alchemy of oxidation during firing. The appeal of the bean red glaze lies in its infinite variations of colorful effects.
provenance
Cai Yuan [Tsai Yuan], Prince Yi [I] (d. 1861), Peking; Mrs. Mary Morgan, New York; Mrs. Mary J. Morgan Sale, American Art Association, March 8, 1886, lot 341; purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1886; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1710-1722 (Qing dynasty)
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
vases
flower vases
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
20.2
height
8.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 15/16 x Diam: 3 3/16 in. (20.2 x 8.1 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
inscriptions
reign mark of Kangxi emperor (1661-1722)
dynasty
Qing dynasty
reign
Kangxi (1661-1722)
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porcelain, bean red glaze (jiangdou hong)
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6238
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CHN
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2514
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photo
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