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Source Description
This white porcelain bottle shaped vase is painted in underglaze cobalt blue. The round body is decorated with rockery, grass, and branches of peony flowers where pheasants perch. Pheasants were appreciated for their beautiful long tail feathers, which were worn in the helmets of generals to assert their rank. Flying birds are painted on the straight neck, which is interrupted midway by a raised ring in the porcelain. Outline and wash application of paint creates shadowing and dimensionality to the subject matter.
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Document identity
localId
17402
label
Bottle Vase
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
17402
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Bottle Vase
description
This white porcelain bottle shaped vase is painted in underglaze cobalt blue. The round body is decorated with rockery, grass, and branches of peony flowers where pheasants perch. Pheasants were appreciated for their beautiful long tail feathers, which were worn in the helmets of generals to assert their rank. Flying birds are painted on the straight neck, which is interrupted midway by a raised ring in the porcelain. Outline and wash application of paint creates shadowing and dimensionality to the subject matter.
provenance
William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1670-1700
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
vases
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 7/16 in. (24 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
inscriptions
spurious reign mark of Jiajing (1521-1566)
dynasty
Qing Dynasty
reign
Kangxi (1662-1722)
med
porcelain with underglaze blue
creator_ids
6238
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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329eab05e45f492f