Wine Pot

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Attributed to

This is a teapot with a hexagonal body that includes carved designs and relief decorations. The surface is painted with green, yellow, blue, and white. The spout and handle of the teapot are shaped like stylized animal forms, with the spout resembling an elephant trunk and the handle resembling a fish. The lid is capped with a knob that resembles a flower. Panels on the teapot's body depict bamboo and floral motifs, enhanced with blue and gold accents.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with famille verte enamels on the biscuit

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (with lid): 14.1 x 16.8 cm (5 9/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.559

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J. Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913], New York, by 1904. (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

Bibliography

1904

  • Morgan 1904-1911, 1:103, no. 644.

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: 160, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62268564

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