Bowl

late 18th/early 19th century

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

This is a photograph of a green ceramic pot. The pot is spherical with a wide opening at the top. Its surface is covered in a vibrant green glaze with a network of fine crackles creating a pattern across it. The top edge of the pot is unglazed. The background is a simple gradient. The lighting emphasizes the glossy finish of the glaze and highlights the form of the pot.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with apple-green glaze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 6.5 x 9.6 cm (2 9/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.546

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Ta-kee Collection;[1] sold to 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.
[1] Unfortunately, Clarke provided no descriptive information about Ta-kee as he had about Yan Li San (see the provenance for NGA 1942.9.485 and 1942.9.486), so it is difficult to speculate about his identity; the source for this information is the Widener collection records kept by Edith Standen (now in the NGA curatorial files).

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: 126-127, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62268551

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