Rouleau-Shaped Vase

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

The sculpture is a large vase with intricate designs of natural elements such as flowers and a bird. The vase is primarily black, enabling the vibrant colors of the design to stand out. The flowers are white, red, yellow, and blue, with green leaves, and the bird is blue, yellow, and white. The material seems to be ceramic with a glossy surface. The detailing and colors create a visually engaging depiction of nature. The vase is significant in size with a vertical shape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with famille noire enamels on the biscuit

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (height): 60 cm (23 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.622

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir William Bennett [1852-1931]. (Gorer, London); (Dreicer and Co., New York, agent for Gorer, London); sold 1911 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

1910

  • Gorer 1910, 34, no. 96, frontispiece.

1911

  • Gorer/Blacker 1911, 1:pl. 1.f.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 24.

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: 189-191, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62758602

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