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Source Description
This bottle shaped vase with a bulge in the neck is an example of export porcelain to Holland. It represents both domestic and foreign designs and tastes, including Chinese images and decorations that cater to a Dutch market. The body is painted with a scene from the Chinese novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The character Liu Bei is depicted at the moment his piebald horse vaults him over the River Tan to safety. Pursing him are the conspirators that have planned to kill Liu Bei during a banquet. The landscape of trees and a crenellated wall obscured by a white mist set the scene for the chase. The neck of the vase is decorated with Arabesque tulip motifs, a response to the Dutch attraction to tulips.
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Document identity
localId
19051
label
Blue and White Bottle with Scenes from a Novel
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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19051
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Blue and White Bottle with Scenes from a Novel
description
This bottle shaped vase with a bulge in the neck is an example of export porcelain to Holland. It represents both domestic and foreign designs and tastes, including Chinese images and decorations that cater to a Dutch market. The body is painted with a scene from the Chinese novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The character Liu Bei is depicted at the moment his piebald horse vaults him over the River Tan to safety. Pursing him are the conspirators that have planned to kill Liu Bei during a banquet. The landscape of trees and a crenellated wall obscured by a white mist set the scene for the chase. The neck of the vase is decorated with Arabesque tulip motifs, a response to the Dutch attraction to tulips.
provenance
William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1635-1645
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Ceramics
bottles
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
38.9
height
20
dimensionsRaw
H: 15 5/16 × Diam: 7 7/8 in. (38.9 × 20 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
dynasty
Ming -Qing Dynasty
med
porcelain with underglaze blue
creator_ids
6238
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
2514
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1
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0
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photo
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