Vase

late 18th century

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

This is a photograph of a ceramic vase with blue and white decorations. The vase has a bulbous base that tapers into a narrower neck and rim. It is adorned with a painting depicted in blue on a white background. The imagery shows a landscape scene with a tree, two people sitting beneath it, and some texture indicating foliage or rocks in the foreground. The vase has a crackle glaze finish. The photograph is taken against a plain gradient background.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York); sold December 1940 to Harry G. Steele [1881-1942], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele [d. 1974]; gift 1972 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

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: 252-254, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62758781

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