Vase
1680-1722 (made)
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The Kangxi period (1662-1722) was a golden age for enamelled porcelain. All sorts of shapes and colours emerged from the skilful hands of potters in Jingdezhen, the porcelain city in Jiangxi province. The predominant colour of this vase is green. This inspired the French art historian Albert Jacquemart (1808-1875) to coin the term 'famille verte' (green family) to describe Chinese porcelain with such a colour scheme.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in enamel colours |
| Brief description | Vase, porcelain painted with enamels in the famille verte palette; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, 1680-1722, with Chenghua mark. |
| Physical description | Vase of porcelain. Square with high shoulder and swelling mouth. Green ground, painted in two other shades of green, yellow and manganese-purple with the flowers of the Four Seasons. On the shoulder lotus scrolls. On the neck, growing flowers. Base unglazed, except for an inset square containing the mark. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Underglaze blue mark 'da ming cheng hua nian zhi' on base
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| Credit line | Salting bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Summary | The Kangxi period (1662-1722) was a golden age for enamelled porcelain. All sorts of shapes and colours emerged from the skilful hands of potters in Jingdezhen, the porcelain city in Jiangxi province. The predominant colour of this vase is green. This inspired the French art historian Albert Jacquemart (1808-1875) to coin the term 'famille verte' (green family) to describe Chinese porcelain with such a colour scheme. |
| Other number | Loan no. 1833 |
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| Accession number | C.1290-1910 |
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| Record created | September 16, 2005 |
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