Bottle Vase
1766-1832
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with cobalt blue glaze, 28.2 cm. H
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. W. Lehman Guyton, Cockeysville, Maryland
Object Number
2005.98
Bluish white glaze in interior and on bottom; glaze thinner at mouth rim; welt of glaze around footrim. Smooth "orange peel" effect from many tiny broken bubbles. Relatively high foot rim. Glaze ground at one spot on foot rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2005; Dr. William L. Guyton, Cockeysville, Maryland; Robert Frank Skutch, Baltimore
Frances Klapthor, "BMA Past/Future: Guyton/Chiu; Two Collections of Chinese Art," BMA, August 18, 2010-
Inscribed: None
Markings: Labels on bottom: "Robert Frank Skutch/11 West Chase Street/Baltimore 1, Maryland"; "CHANG CHI/1426-1436/Ming"; red bordered tag, "No. 58. Age 254/Emperor Ging Foh/Ming Dynasty/xR./ZR."
