Amphora Vase

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

The sculpture is a vase with an elongated neck and a flared rim. It is primarily deep red in color with subtle variations in shade, transitioning to a more muted pink and cream-like hue near the top, with small specks of green scattered on the neck area. The material appears to be ceramic or porcelain due to its smooth, glossy surface and delicate appearance. The vase stands upright, with a classic, elegant silhouette that is broad at the base and tapers towards the neck, then flares out into a wide rim.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with peachbloom glaze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 15.7 x 5.2 cm (6 3/16 x 2 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.519

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

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: 65-67, color repro.

Inscriptions

in standard script on the slightly concave surface of the deeply recessed base in underglaze blue in two columns of three small characters each: Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi (made in the Kangxi reign of the great Qing dynasty)

Wikidata ID

Q62758343

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