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Source Description
This tall baluster vase consists of a white porcelain body covered with creamy white glaze. The round body, widest at the shoulders, slopes to a circular foot. Two lion heads with curly manes and brows appear in high relief on either side beneath the shoulders and are pierced through the mouth. The vase also has a wide flared mouth separated from the body by a notch in the paste. When looking into the mouth, one can see where the thick application of glaze ends.
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Document identity
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33421
label
Vase with Lion-Head Handles
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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33421
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object
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normalized
title
Vase with Lion-Head Handles
description
This tall baluster vase consists of a white porcelain body covered with creamy white glaze. The round body, widest at the shoulders, slopes to a circular foot. Two lion heads with curly manes and brows appear in high relief on either side beneath the shoulders and are pierced through the mouth. The vase also has a wide flared mouth separated from the body by a notch in the paste. When looking into the mouth, one can see where the thick application of glaze ends.
provenance
Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1650-1710
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CC0
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en
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vases
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 16 9/16 in. (42 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
dynasty
Qing Dynasty
reign
Shunzhi; Kangxi
med
porcelain with white glaze
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6238
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CHN
exhibition_ids
244
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1
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0
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photo
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