Porcelain with celadon and clear glazes, overglaze enamels
Dimensions:
H x W: 13.1 x 16.4 cm (5 3/16 x 6 7/16 in)
Style:
Jingdezhen ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
Date:
1736-1795
Period:
Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign
Description:
Polychrome.
Body: fine-grained white porcelain.
Glaze: on bowl, pure white; on base, celadon.
Decorated with overglaze enamels.
Six-character seal mark of the Qianlong period in underglaze blue on foot of stem.
Marks:
Mark written in seal script characters in underglaze blue on the flat base of the stem, reading: DaQing Qianlong nianzhi.
Label:
Technical virtuosity is displayed in the ingenious shapes and dazzling ornamentation of eighteenth-century imperial porcelains from Jingdezhen. By the Song dynasty (960–1279), if not earlier, it was customary to display some ceramic vessels on lacquer or porcelain stands to elevate them and set them above the mundane. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries some vases were made with nondetachable ceramic stands, which provided a model for this court porcelain. The daring combination of a pale celadon glaze for the stand with bright overglaze enamel decoration reflects the two sides of Qing imperial taste: revival of Song dynasty elegance and outright flamboyance.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)
Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)
Ching Dynasty Paintings (June 15, 1979 to November 6, 1979)
Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)
