Vase in the Shape of an Archaic Bronze Fang Hu

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Attributed to

The sculpture depicted is a vase with botanical designs. It is a painted porcelain piece in colors of yellow, green, and white. The vase surface has detailed floral motifs, including white flowers and greenery. The base and neck of the vase have similar artistic patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with famille jaune enamels on the biscuit

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50.8 x 19.8 x 17.8 cm (20 x 7 13/16 x 7 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.613

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir William Bennett [1852-1931]. (Gorer, London); sold 1910 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

1910

  • Gorer 1910, 34-35, no. 97, endpiece.

1911

  • Gorer/Blacker 1911, 1:pl. 34.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 24.

1947

  • Christensen, Erwin O. Chinese Porcelains of the Widener Collection. Washington, 1947 (rev. ed. 1956): 9, 11.

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: 164, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62286082

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