Petal-Decorated Vase

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

The sculpture depicts a vase with an elongated neck opening into a flared rim, a smooth, rounded body, and a small base. It is made of ceramic material with a red and cream glaze and hints of green and blue. The surface has a glossy finish, and the vase stands upright with balanced proportions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with peachbloom glaze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.2 x 8.9 cm (8 3/8 x 3 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.521

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Possibly collection of Lord Kitchener.[1] Sold after 1917 to Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, after purchase by funds of the Estate; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] Widener collection records in NGA curatorial files.

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: 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

Q62758363

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