Inscription
in standard script on base in underglaze blue in three vertical columns of two characters each: Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi (made in the Kangxi reign of the great Qing dynasty)
Provenance
Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; sold 1913 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
Technical Summary
The pale blue glaze ends just above the unglazed foot, which is unusually narrow. A small patch of dull glaze occurs midway down the vessel. A few dark spots appear on the thickened mouth rim, one side of which is slightly rough; some pinholes in the glaze are visible on the vessel's upper shoulder. On the shallow concave base the clear glaze over the reignmark is marred by a dark line, a firing flaw, intersecting the kang character. Small amounts of dirt and kiln debris adhere to the interior.
Bibliography
- 1942
- Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 20.
- 1998
- Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 93-97, color repro.
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