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Inscription

in seal script on the base in red enamel in two columns of two characters each: Juren tang zhi (made for the Hall where Benevolence Dwells); falsely inscribed below reignmark: CHINA

Provenance

Harry G. Steele [1881-1942], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele [d. 1974]; gift 1972 to NGA.

Technical Summary

The foot-ring is sharply beveled, and the base is recessed and glazed.

Bibliography

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: 255, color repro.

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