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This is a ceramic vase decorated with a dragon. The vase features a vibrant green background that sets off the intricate design of a dragon, which is depicted winding around the body of the vase. The dragon is rendered in shades of gold, gray, and black with detailed scales and claws. The vase has a wide base that tapers towards a narrow neck, flaring outwards slightly at the rim.
National Gallery of Art · Decorative Art
Baluster Vase
Chinese Qing Dynasty
- Date
- Kangxi period, 1662/1722
- Medium
- porcelain with famille verte enamels on the biscuit
- Dimensions
- overall: 43.2 x 20.3 cm (17 x 8 in.)
- Classification
- Decorative Art · Ceramic
- Accession number
- 1942.9.606
- Credit line
- Widener Collection
- Time span
- 1651 to 1700
- Department
- CSD
Subjects and terms
- Chinese
- Decorative Arts. Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets
- famille verte enamels
- Kangxi
Provenance
Richard Bennett, Northampton, England. (Gorer, London); (Dreicer and Co., New York, agent for Gorer, London); 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.
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