Rectangular Vase, Kangxi period, 1662/1722

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Medium

porcelain with famille jaune enamels on the biscuit

Dimensions

overall (height): 56.5 cm (22 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.612

Artists / Makers

Chinese Qing Dynasty (artist)

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Provenance

Garland collection.[1] 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.

[1] The note to the provenance published in the NGA systematic catalogue entry for both 1942.9.611 and 1942.9.612 (Little et al. 1998, 162) indicates that only 1942.9.611 is documented by Edith Standen in the Widener records (in NGA curatorial files) as having come from the Garland collection. Actually, the Widener records for both vases are annotated by Miss Standen as "From the Garland Collection;" probably James A. Garland [d. 1901/1902].

Associated Names

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

Technical Summary

The rectangular vase has a flat, unglazed base with a fabric impression. The interior is glazed, with fabric impressions on the inner walls. The dragon-shaped handles were separately molded and luted to the vase. On the side panel decorated with peonies, the dragons tail has a repaired break and is missing tendrils.

Bibliography

1904: Morgan 1904-1911, 1:123, no. 796, pl. 65.

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

1955: Koyama et al. 1955-1958, pl. 47.

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: 162-163, color repro.