Reticulated Perfume Ball

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

The sculpture features a spherical, openwork design with floral motifs. It is adorned with a green flower pattern with a yellow center, surrounded by leaves, set against a yellow lattice background. The floral design is repeated around the sphere. The material appears to be ceramic, predominantly yellow, green, and brown detailing. The sphere rests on an ornately decorated base with curved legs embellished with a geometric pattern in green and yellow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with famille jaune enamels on the biscuit

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 9.9 x 11.1 cm (3 7/8 x 4 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.564

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, 1:114, no. 747, pl. 40.

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: 171, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62268569

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