Vase
1736-1795 (made)
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This vase was made at the imperial kilns of Jingdezhen in southern China during the Qianlong reign (1736-95). Official wares, called guan yao in Chinese, were produced in strictly controlled workshops supervised by imperial officers, and were destined to the court in Beijing.
This vase is an exquisite example of official ware; the paintings in the four medallions depict four landscapes, each associated to a season and with a short poem, a common and auspicious theme.
This vase is an exquisite example of official ware; the paintings in the four medallions depict four landscapes, each associated to a season and with a short poem, a common and auspicious theme.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with celadon green glaze and overglaze enamel decoration and gilding |
| Brief description | Vase, glazed porcelain painted with coloured enamels, Jingdezhen, China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-95) |
| Physical description | Vase of porcelain, elongated-globular body with wide-trumpet neck, covered with celadon green glazeand finely painted with scenes depicting landscapes of the four seasons accompanied by short poems in coloured enamels. Filding on the rim and handles. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 顫雨蘆梢纔卧起 笑風蓮蕚乍開齊 (御製樂善堂全集定本
Poem by the Qianlong emperor) |
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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. This vase, made at the imperial porcelain factory at Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province, central southern China, is characteristic of the highest quality of Chinese porcelain produced in the eighteenth century. |
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| Summary | This vase was made at the imperial kilns of Jingdezhen in southern China during the Qianlong reign (1736-95). Official wares, called guan yao in Chinese, were produced in strictly controlled workshops supervised by imperial officers, and were destined to the court in Beijing. This vase is an exquisite example of official ware; the paintings in the four medallions depict four landscapes, each associated to a season and with a short poem, a common and auspicious theme. |
| Bibliographic reference | Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999.
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| Accession number | C.1466-1910 |
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| Record created | November 26, 2003 |
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