Zun-Shaped Beaker Vase

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Attributed to

This is a sculptural vase, wider at the top and bottom with a narrower mid-section. The subject of the decoration includes vibrant blue birds perched among branches and surrounded by green leaves and colorful flowers, predominantly in shades of yellow and white. The background of the vase is a glossy black and geometric motifs encircle the middle.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with famille noire enamels on the biscuit

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 46.6 x 23 cm (18 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.615

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Bennett, Northampton, England. (Gorer, London); (Dreicer and Co., New York, agent for Gorer, 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

1911

  • Gorer/Blacker 1911, 1:pl. 8.

  • Gorer 1911, 64, no. 328.

1942

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

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: 180-181, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62758597

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