Reticulated Perfume Ball

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

The sculpture is a spherical orb with a repeating lattice pattern and floral motifs. Hexagonal sections have been cut from the surface, giving it an appearance similar to honeycomb. It features colors such as white, green, red, and blue, with green borders outlining the floral designs and geometric panels. The sculpture is positioned on an ornately carved reddish-brown stand.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with famille jaune enamels on the biscuit

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 9.4 x 9.9 cm (3 11/16 x 3 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.567

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Gorer, London); (Dreicer and Co., New York, agents of Gorer, London); sold 1915 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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Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 23.

1947

  • Christensen, Erwin O. Chinese Porcelains of the Widener Collection. Washington, 1947 (rev. ed. 1956): 16.

1998

  • Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 172-173, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62758457

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