Vase in the Shape of an Archaic Bronze Hu
Yongzheng period, 1723/1735
Artist
Chinese Qing Dynasty
Artwork overview
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Medium
steatitic porcelain
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 19.1 x 12.2 cm (7 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1972.43.19
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Yamanaka, New York); sold May 1941 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: 140-141, color repro.
Inscriptions
incised in seal script on base in two columns of three characters each: Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi (made in the Yongzheng reign of the great Qing dynasty)
Wikidata ID
Q62286991