Vase Mounted as an Ewer

mid 18th century (vase); c. 1780/1785 (mounts)

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

The sculpture is a decorative pitcher or ewer with an ornate handle. The handle resembles a flowing figure integrated into the design. The body of the pitcher is smooth pale green with subtle white floral designs. The pitcher features intricate gold details on its neck, base, and handle, combining porcelain and gold-toned metal elements. The gold sections include leaf motifs and decorative elements contrasting with the soft green porcelain, giving the sculpture a detailed and luxurious appearance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with light green celadon glaze and underglaze decoration in white slip, with lip, handle, and foot of gilded bronze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (without mount): 37.8 × 22.2 cm (14 7/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
    overall (with mount): 61.2 × 24.6 cm (24 1/8 × 9 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.441

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marquis de Montault, Château de la Terte, Trescuel, L'Aigle, Normandy. Charles J. Wertheimer [1842-1911], London. (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); sold 1912 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

Exhibition History

1986

  • Mounted Chinese Porcelain, traveling exh. organized by the International Exhibitions Foundation, shown at The Frick Collection, New York; The Nelso-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, 1986-1987, no. 39.

Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 19.

1980

  • Lunsingh Scheurleer 1980, 97, fig. 344.

1986

  • Mounted Chinese Porcelain. Exh. cat. The Frick Collection, New York; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami. Organized by International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1986: no. 39.

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: 264-265, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62268426

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