Baluster Vase, Kangxi period, 1662/1722

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Medium

porcelain with famille noire enamels on the biscuit

Dimensions

overall: 70.2 x 27.6 cm (27 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.628

Artists / Makers

Chinese Qing Dynasty (artist)

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Inscription

falsely inscribed on the base in underglaze blue in three columns of two characters each: Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi (made in the Chenghua reign of the great Ming dynasty)

Provenance

Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; sold 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

Clarke, Thomas Benedict
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Technical Summary

The foot-ring is trimmed with beveled edges. There are several repairs extending from the foot-ring to the center of the base.

Bibliography

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: 187, color repro.