Hexagonal Covered Jar

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
This is a lidded vase with a hexagonal shape, decorated with designs of blossoming trees and small birds. The vase is light yellow, with green and brown hues highlighting the tree branches and leaves. The flowers on the trees are white, and the birds are light brown. There are thin, white, vertical lines that divide the designs into separate panels. At the top of the vase, by the hexagonal neck, is a ring of green leaves. The lid of the vase is decorated with a green band featuring floral designs, and the top is decorated with overlapping brown leaves.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with famille jaune enamels on the biscuit

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (height with lid): 30.5 cm (12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.582


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Dreicer & Co., New York, agents of Gorer, London); sold 1911 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

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Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 23.

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: 176-177, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62758514

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