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Source Description
This globular bottle vase is painted with underglaze cobalt blue designs on white porcelain. Archaic dragons that camouflage seamlessly with the floral scrolls surrounding them hold the flowers in their mouths to frame the character "shou", meaning longevity. Ruyi heads, trefoil motifs named for their resemblance to the head of the curved ruyi scepter carried by certain Buddhist deities, appear beneath a geometric keyfret on the shoulders. The neck is painted with pairs of confronting dragons while more Ruyi heads appear beneath the broad everted lip, decorated with a circle of four pairs of small dragons.
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Document identity
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3571
label
Bottle Vase with Floral Designs
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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3571
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object
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normalized
title
Bottle Vase with Floral Designs
description
This globular bottle vase is painted with underglaze cobalt blue designs on white porcelain. Archaic dragons that camouflage seamlessly with the floral scrolls surrounding them hold the flowers in their mouths to frame the character "shou", meaning longevity. Ruyi heads, trefoil motifs named for their resemblance to the head of the curved ruyi scepter carried by certain Buddhist deities, appear beneath a geometric keyfret on the shoulders. The neck is painted with pairs of confronting dragons while more Ruyi heads appear beneath the broad everted lip, decorated with a circle of four pairs of small dragons.
provenance
William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore, prior to 1899 [mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1796-1820
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
vases
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 13 in. (33 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
inscriptions
reign mark of Jiaqing (1796-1820)
dynasty
Qing Dynasty
reign
Jiaqing (1796-1820)
med
porcelain with underglaze blue
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6238
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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0
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photo
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