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Chinese Qing Dynasty (artist) Vase in the Form of a Carp, Mounted as an Ewer, Yongzheng period, 1723/1735 (vase); c. 1730/1755 (mounts) porcelain with blue celadon glaze, in gilt-bronze mount Overall (without mount): 21.7 x 6.1 x 10.8 cm (8 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.) overall (with mount): 31.1 x 10.3 x 17.3 cm (12 1/4 x 4 1/16 x 6 13/16 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.443 On View |
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Conservation Notes
The condition of both the porcelain and the gilt bronze mount is excellent. Examination by x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy in 1985 detected no cobalt in the glaze, 1 but iron was found, suggesting that it is a celadon glaze.2
1. NGA conservation report submitted by Barbara Berrie, dated 6 August
1985.
2. Tichane 1978, 6769, states that the absence of titanium in the glaze
produces the green ferrous colorant in blue celadon glazes.
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