Large Vase, late 18th/19th century

Not on View

Medium

porcelain with turquoise glaze

Dimensions

overall: 45.7 x 23.5 cm (18 x 9 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.547

Artists / Makers

Chinese Qing Dynasty (artist)

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Provenance

J. Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913], New York. (Duveen Brothers, New York and London); sold 1915 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

Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Morgan, Sr., J. Pierpont
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Technical Summary

This vase rises from a globular lower section to the straight, cylindrical neck, with a slight thickening around the lip. The vessel was made in two parts and luted together at the base of the neck. The porcelain paste is white, its exterior covered with a transparent turquoise glaze that has a very fine crackle pattern. The glaze has a slightly mottled surface and is unevenly applied in some areas. The interior is covered with a colorless glaze. The unglazed foot-ring is beveled, with a slight groove around the exterior. The recessed base, which has a hairline crack, is covered with a colorless glaze.

Bibliography

1904: Morgan 1904-1911, 2:78, no. 1303, pl. 112.

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 22.

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: 129, color repro.