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Source Description
This baluster shaped vase (or meiping, "plum vase") utilizes multiple techniques and glazes. First, the vase is covered with a brilliant crackled glaze of emerald-green passing into olive at the edges. Then, a thick over-glaze of peach bloom is applied, a light pink mottled with green. Beneath these thick glazes, a lightly etched decoration in the paste emerges ever so slightly. Around the foot of the base, two dragons mount into the cloud over sea waves. The vase has a round bulbous upper body which curves inward towards a ledged foot. The neck is short and narrow with a white rounded lip.
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Document identity
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23658
label
Vase with Waves and Dragons
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Source metadata
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23658
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normalized
title
Vase with Waves and Dragons
description
This baluster shaped vase (or meiping, "plum vase") utilizes multiple techniques and glazes. First, the vase is covered with a brilliant crackled glaze of emerald-green passing into olive at the edges. Then, a thick over-glaze of peach bloom is applied, a light pink mottled with green. Beneath these thick glazes, a lightly etched decoration in the paste emerges ever so slightly. Around the foot of the base, two dragons mount into the cloud over sea waves. The vase has a round bulbous upper body which curves inward towards a ledged foot. The neck is short and narrow with a white rounded lip.
provenance
William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
ca. 1710-1730
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Ceramics
vases
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7
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import
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cm
width
17.4
height
10.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 7/8 × Diam: 4 3/16 in. (17.4 × 10.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
dynasty
Qing Dynasty
reign
Kangxi; Yongzheng
med
incised porcelain with peach bloom copper-oxide glaze
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6238
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CHN
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none
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