Vase, Meiping Shape

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

The sculpture is a vase with a simple design. It is white and appears to be made of porcelain or ceramic material with a glossy finish. The vase has a rounded, tapered body that extends into a narrower neck and flares out slightly at the mouth and base. An embossed subtle decorative element can be seen near the upper portion of the vase. The overall appearance of the vase is smooth and symmetrical, reflecting light evenly across its surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with pale blue glaze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.3 x 10.8 cm (8 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.495

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Bennett, Northampton, England; sold 1911 to (Gorer, London); (Dreicer and Co., New York, agent for Gorer, London); 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.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1911

  • Gorer 1911, 73, no. 366, repro.

  • Gorer/Blacker 1911, 2:pl. 161, left and right of center vase, not differentiated.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 20.

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: 81-83, color repro.

Inscriptions

in standard script on the base in underglaze blue in three vertical lines of two characters each: Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi (made in the Kangxi reign of the great Qing dynasty)

Wikidata ID

Q62268490

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