Vase made as sample, with date “4th year”

Vase: faceted cube body, cylindrical neck, two handles.
Clay: porcelain.
Decoration: Moulded animal heads at tops of handles. Four characters in underglaze blue under base: Ssu nien shih yang [Ch].

Historical period(s)
Qing dynasty, 18th century
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
Style
Jingdezhen ware
Dimensions
H x W: 24 x 13.1 cm (9 7/16 x 5 3/16 in)
Geography
China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Credit Line
Gift of Herschel V. Johnson, Charlotte, North Carolina
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1956.32
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Vase

Keywords
China, cobalt pigment, Jingdezhen ware, porcelain, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Provenance

To 1956
Herschel V. Johnson, Charlotte, NC, to 1956 [1]

From 1956
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Herschel V. Johnson in 1956 [2]

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office. Also see Curatorial Remarks, Eleanor Radcliffe, 1984, in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Herschel V. Johnson

Description

Vase: faceted cube body, cylindrical neck, two handles.
Clay: porcelain.
Decoration: Moulded animal heads at tops of handles. Four characters in underglaze blue under base: Ssu nien shih yang [Ch].

Inscription(s)

Four characters in underglaze blue under base: Ssu nien shih yang [Ch].

Published References
  • Sir John Figgess, Koyama Fujio. Two Thousand Years of Oriental Ceramics. New York. pl. 64.
  • Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 98.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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