Baluster Vase

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

This is a vase featuring intricate and colorful painted scenes depicting landscapes with rolling green hills against a white background. The hills feature various trees with orange and green leaves, colorful banners flapping in the wind, and warriors on horseback engaged in combat. The colors are vibrant, with greens, blues, reds, and oranges. The vase has a flared rim and an oval-shaped body that tapers towards the base.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamels

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 77.5 x 29.5 cm (30 1/2 x 11 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.631

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; sold 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.

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Bibliography

1955

  • Chemistry (December 1955): 27-29, repro. back cover.

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: 220, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62758639

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