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Source Description
The four-character mark on the base of this vase indicates that it was made in Jingdezhen and then sent to Beijing to be decorated in the imperial workshops by painters who were trained in using Western perspective and shading.
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Document identity
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139745
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Vase
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object
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Source metadata
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139745
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object
title
Vase
description
The four-character mark on the base of this vase indicates that it was made in Jingdezhen and then sent to Beijing to be decorated in the imperial workshops by painters who were trained in using Western perspective and shading.
date
1736–95
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80037122
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.)
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China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and reign (1736-95)
accession
1963.514
Source extras
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Porcelain with decoration in colored fa-lang enamels, Guyuexuan ware
tombstone
Vase, 1736–95. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and reign (1736-95). Porcelain with decoration in colored fa-lang enamels, Guyuexuan ware; overall: 15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1963.514
collection
China - Qing Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
乾隆年製
inscription_translation
Qianlong nian zhi (Made in the reign of Qianlong)
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1
didYouKnow
The child in orange has a bun above his ear, while the rest of his head is clean-shaven, like the other children’s.
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review for 1963." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 50, no. 10 (1963): pp. 263-94.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 286, fig. 81
citation
"Oriental Art Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1963." <em>Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America</em> 18 (1964): pp. 69-91.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 72, fig. 13
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 271
citation
<em>Childcraft Annual: An Annual Supplement to 'Childcraft: the How and Why Library</em>." Chicago: Field enterprises Educational Corporation, 1968.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 25
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 271
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 360
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
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28801fa712e746c9ad84e2e7d7cc6e06
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2026-06-18 21:15:59.245000
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139745
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Chinese Art
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China - Qing Dynasty
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Porcelain with decoration in colored fa-lang enamels, Guyuexuan ware
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