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Source Description
This small bottle-shaped vase, with a low globular body and tall straight neck, is painted in underglaze cobalt blue on a white porcelain body. Depicted on the body is a lion with dragon-like qualities. Tufts of hair akin to flames rise from the shoulders and hips, tinted with copper red underglaze. Red rings also appear around the creature's eyes. The lion is depicted scratching at a pine tree with its front paw while a bat, a symbol for happiness, flies overhead. Subdued blue tones are applied in thin lines, exemplified in the thick woven pattern of the pine leaves, the swaying blades of grass, and the lively mane of the lion. Crackling of the glaze is visible on the white body.
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Document identity
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33635
label
Vase with Fabulous Animal
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object
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Source metadata
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33635
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object
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normalized
title
Vase with Fabulous Animal
description
This small bottle-shaped vase, with a low globular body and tall straight neck, is painted in underglaze cobalt blue on a white porcelain body. Depicted on the body is a lion with dragon-like qualities. Tufts of hair akin to flames rise from the shoulders and hips, tinted with copper red underglaze. Red rings also appear around the creature's eyes. The lion is depicted scratching at a pine tree with its front paw while a bat, a symbol for happiness, flies overhead. Subdued blue tones are applied in thin lines, exemplified in the thick woven pattern of the pine leaves, the swaying blades of grass, and the lively mane of the lion. Crackling of the glaze is visible on the white body.
provenance
William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1700-1725
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
vases
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
dynasty
Qing Dynasty
reign
Kangxi; Yongzheng
med
porcelain with underglaze blue
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6238
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CHN
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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0
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photo
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