Small Bottle
1925/1929
Ceramist
Artwork overview
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Medium
porcelain with overglaze enamels
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 8.6 x 5.4 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
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Accession
1972.43.57
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Harry G. Steele [1881-1942], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele [d. 1974]; gift 1972 to NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
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: 257, color repro.
Inscriptions
falsely inscribed in seal script on the base in red enamel in two columns of two characters each: Qianlong nian zhi (made in the reign of Qianlong)
Wikidata ID
Q62758921