Vase, Meiping Shape

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Ceramist

This is a decorative ceramic vase. The vase features intricate designs that include large green lotus leaves, white lotus flowers, and a scene of a marsh or pond at the lower part of the vase. A white crane or heron is depicted standing in the water amongst the reeds. The background and top of the vase are dark gray, contrasting with the vibrant greens and whites of the vegetation and wildlife. The top of the vase is rounded, with a short, narrow neck.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with famille verte enamels on the biscuit

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 34.6 x 19.7 cm (13 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.610

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

General Brayton Ives [1840-1914], New York. (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.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1942

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

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: 153, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62758593

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