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Source Description
The scene on this vase depicts a traveler kneeling to a martial, whose status is represented by the long pheasant plumes decorating his helmet and the two soldiers that accompany him. Behind the traveler is his boat moored at the river bank while the landscape includes rocks and wind-swept willow trees eclipsed by scrolling clouds. During the transitional period between the Ming and Qing dynasties, woodcut illustrations of popular novels often appear on ceramics. The private patrons of the time preferred these novel scenes over the imperial emblems that often adorned blue and white porcelain; thus, these patrons often sought out private kilns for this type of decoration.
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Document identity
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33029
label
Vase with a Scene from a Novel
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
33029
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Vase with a Scene from a Novel
description
The scene on this vase depicts a traveler kneeling to a martial, whose status is represented by the long pheasant plumes decorating his helmet and the two soldiers that accompany him. Behind the traveler is his boat moored at the river bank while the landscape includes rocks and wind-swept willow trees eclipsed by scrolling clouds. During the transitional period between the Ming and Qing dynasties, woodcut illustrations of popular novels often appear on ceramics. The private patrons of the time preferred these novel scenes over the imperial emblems that often adorned blue and white porcelain; thus, these patrons often sought out private kilns for this type of decoration.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; inhereted by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1660-1680 (Qing dynasty (1644-1911))
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
vases
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25.9
height
11.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 3/16 × Diam: 4 3/8 in. (25.9 × 11.1 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
inscriptions
spurious reign mark of Jiajing (1521-1566)
dynasty
Qing dynasty
reign
Kangxi (1662-1722)
med
porcelain, underglaze blue
creator_ids
6238
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
2514
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1
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0
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photo
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229098652051ea0a