Vase

18th century

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

This is a vase with a bulbous body tapering towards a slightly flared rim. It is coated in a vivid green glaze with a crackle pattern. In some areas, the green is lighter, accentuating the fine lines on the surface of the vase. The rim of the vase is white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with apple-green glaze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 23.2 x 13 cm (9 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.539

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Duveen Brothers, New York and London); sold 1914 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

Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 22.

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: 116-117, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62758395

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