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Source Description
This vase exemplifies why Chinese blue-and-white porcelain was so famous and desirable across the world during the 17th century: the vase’s design of dragons among floral scrolls is deftly painted with outline and wash of underglaze cobalt blue. The outlines are crisp and the washes are uniform. A clear glaze covers the cobalt design for a brilliant shine. The main design illustrates five-clawed dragons, a motif reserved for the emperor, ascending and descending in pursuit of flaming pearls.
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Document identity
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35327
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Vase with Dragons and Floral Patterns
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title
Vase with Dragons and Floral Patterns
description
This vase exemplifies why Chinese blue-and-white porcelain was so famous and desirable across the world during the 17th century: the vase’s design of dragons among floral scrolls is deftly painted with outline and wash of underglaze cobalt blue. The outlines are crisp and the washes are uniform. A clear glaze covers the cobalt design for a brilliant shine. The main design illustrates five-clawed dragons, a motif reserved for the emperor, ascending and descending in pursuit of flaming pearls.
provenance
Yamanaka Sale, American Art Association, New York, January 27, 1912, no. 25; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1573-1620 (Ming dynasty (1368-1644); reign of the Wanli emperor (1573-1620))
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
vases
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cm
width
54
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27.6
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H: 21 1/4 × Diam: 10 7/8 in. (54 × 27.56 cm)
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Chinese
inscriptions
[Reign Mark] In blue underglaze: da ming wan li nian zhi
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Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
reign
Wanli (1573-1620)
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porcelain, underglaze blue
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6238
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2514
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