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The image shows a dome-shaped sculpture with a small circular opening at the top. The sculpture is made of ceramic and glazed in mustard yellow. The surface of the sculpture features an embossed design of swirling clouds.
National Gallery of Art · Decorative Art
"Beehive" Water Pot
Chinese Qing Dynasty
- Date
- late 19th century
- Medium
- porcelain with yellow glaze
- Dimensions
- overall: 7.9 x 12.7 cm (3 1/8 x 5 in.)
- Classification
- Decorative Art · Ceramic
- Accession number
- 1942.9.502
- Credit line
- Widener Collection
- Time span
- 1826 to 1850
- Department
- CSD
Subjects and terms
- Chinese
- glazed
- Decorative Arts. Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets
- Qing
Provenance
Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; sold 1913 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
Inscription
falsely inscribed in standard script on the base in three vertical columns of two characters each: Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi (made in the Kangxi reign of the great Qing dynasty)
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