Petal-Decorated Vase
Kangxi period, 1662/1722
Chinese Qing Dynasty
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
porcelain with peachbloom glaze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 20.8 x 8.8 cm (8 3/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1942.9.513
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; sold (possibly 1907) 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
Exhibition History
1907
Loan Exhibition of Rare Chinese Porcelains in Aid of Various Charities, Duveen Brothers, New York, 1907, no. 333.
Bibliography
1907
Loan Exhibition of Rare Chinese Porcelains in Aid of Various Charities. Exh. cat. Duveen Brothers, New York, 1907: no. 333.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 21.
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: 61-64, color repro.
Inscriptions
in standard script on the base in underglaze blue in three vertical columns of two characters each: Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi (made in the Kangxi reign of the great Qing dynasty)
Wikidata ID
Q62758334