Vase
1662-1722 (made)
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Vase of porcelain, with dome-shaped body, long cylindrical neck with slightly expanding mouth. Decorated on either side of the body with a large bat (fu), the emblem of happiness, in underglaze copper red. Each bat, constructed from a series of scrolls resembling the sacred fungus (lingzhi), is dragon-headed; the eyes are dotted in with underglaze blue. Covered with a peachbloom glaze with green flecks.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze copper red |
Brief description | Vase, porcelain with underglaze copper red decoration, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722) |
Physical description | Vase of porcelain, with dome-shaped body, long cylindrical neck with slightly expanding mouth. Decorated on either side of the body with a large bat (fu), the emblem of happiness, in underglaze copper red. Each bat, constructed from a series of scrolls resembling the sacred fungus (lingzhi), is dragon-headed; the eyes are dotted in with underglaze blue. Covered with a peachbloom glaze with green flecks. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'da qing Kangxi nian zhi' in underglaze blue
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Credit line | Given by W.G. Gulland, Esq. |
Object history | Given by Mr. W. G. Gulland, accessioned in 1905. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
Production | from label |
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Accession number | 189-1905 |
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Record created | February 3, 2009 |
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