Shou Lao, the God of Longevity, Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Not on View

Medium

porcelain with famille verte enamels on the biscuit

Dimensions

overall (figure): 27.5 x 14 x 9.2 cm (10 13/16 x 5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.)
overall (throne): 12.1 x 16.5 x 10.5 cm (4 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.592

Artists / Makers

Chinese Qing Dynasty (artist)

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Provenance

(Gorer, London); sold 1910 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.

Associated Names

Gorer
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Technical Summary

With the exception of the top of the throne, which has a colorless enamel glaze, the bases of both the figure and the throne are unglazed. One finger of the figure's right hand is missing. The back and left sides of the throne have been repaired and repainted.

Bibliography

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 23.

1947: Christensen, Erwin O. Chinese Porcelains of the Widener Collection. Washington, 1947 (rev. ed. 1956): 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: 194, color repro.