Jingdezhen kilns
Bottle Vase with Traces of Gold Dragon Design
1667
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with mirror black glaze, and residue of original overglaze gold decoration, 7 5/8 H x 4 1/2 Diam. in. (19.4 x 11.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lawrason Riggs of J
Object Number
1945.59.15
Only a faintly iridescent outline remains of the gold dragon that once decorated the vase.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1945; Lawrason Riggs of J, Baltimore; from his uncle, General Lawrason Riggs, Baltimore (1861-1940)
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "90 Years of Asian Accessions: 1940-1960," (Goodnow, Riggs of J, Cone, Chinese & Japanese Dolls), January-November 2005.
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Chinese Mortuary Ceramics from the Collection," December 2008-December 2009.
Frances Klapthor, "BMA Past/Future: Guyton/Chiu; Two Collections of Chinese Art," BMA, August 18, 2010-
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Chinese Mortuary Ceramics from the Collection," December 2008-December 2009.
Frances Klapthor, "BMA Past/Future: Guyton/Chiu; Two Collections of Chinese Art," BMA, August 18, 2010-
Frances Klapthor, Chinese Ceramics, Baltimore: BMA, 1993, no. 108, p. 57.
