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This is a vase featuring intricate and colorful painted scenes depicting landscapes with rolling green hills against a white background. The hills feature various trees with orange and green leaves, colorful banners flapping in the wind, and warriors on horseback engaged in combat. The colors are vibrant, with greens, blues, reds, and oranges. The vase has a flared rim and an oval-shaped body that tapers towards the base.
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This is a vase featuring intricate and colorful painted scenes depicting landscapes with rolling green hills against a white background. The hills feature various trees with orange and green leaves, colorful banners flapping in the wind, and warriors on horseback engaged in combat. The colors are vibrant, with greens, blues, reds, and oranges. The vase has a flared rim and an oval-shaped body that tapers towards the base.

National Gallery of Art · Decorative Art

Baluster Vase

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Date
Kangxi period, 1662/1722
Medium
porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamels
Dimensions
overall: 77.5 x 29.5 cm (30 1/2 x 11 5/8 in.)
Classification
Decorative Art · Ceramic
Accession number
1942.9.631
Credit line
Widener Collection
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Chinese
  • Decorative Arts. Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets
  • famille verte enamels
  • overglaze decoration
  • Kangxi
Provenance

Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; sold 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.

NGA object ID 1809. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.