Vase
1662-1722 (made)
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Vase of porcelain. Square body, slightly spreading mouth. Painted in three shades of green, red, yellow, manganese-purple, blue enamel and black. On each side with three panels reserved on a ground of lotus scrolls and containing: 1) a sage with a deer and an attendant; 2) chrysanthemums and rocks; 3) a pheasant on a rock; 4) peonies and rocks; 5) an insect on a flowering plant; 6) daisies and rocks; 7) furniture of the scholar's table; 8) a bird on a plum-tree; 9) two deer with lingzhi fungus; 10) a bird among lotuses; 11) a sage and a fisherman by a lake; 12) pinks among rocks. On the shoulder, cell diaper with flower panels in reserve at the angles. On the neck, lotus scrolls on a black ground with two reserved panels of flowers. Base unglazed, except for an inset square which bears the mark.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Vase, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilded, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (with Chenghua mark) |
| Physical description | Vase of porcelain. Square body, slightly spreading mouth. Painted in three shades of green, red, yellow, manganese-purple, blue enamel and black. On each side with three panels reserved on a ground of lotus scrolls and containing: 1) a sage with a deer and an attendant; 2) chrysanthemums and rocks; 3) a pheasant on a rock; 4) peonies and rocks; 5) an insect on a flowering plant; 6) daisies and rocks; 7) furniture of the scholar's table; 8) a bird on a plum-tree; 9) two deer with lingzhi fungus; 10) a bird among lotuses; 11) a sage and a fisherman by a lake; 12) pinks among rocks. On the shoulder, cell diaper with flower panels in reserve at the angles. On the neck, lotus scrolls on a black ground with two reserved panels of flowers. Base unglazed, except for an inset square which bears the mark. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 大明成化一年乙酉 da ming Chenghua yuan nian yi you
Made in the first year of the Chenghua reign, A.D. 1465 (the same cyclical date 乙酉 'yi you' would correspond to 1705 in the Kangxi reign (RB 18/04/2023))
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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. |
| Production | Register |
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| Other number | Loan No. 71 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.1239-1910 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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