Jingdezhen kilns
Covered Cylindrical Vase with Stylized Flower and Leafy Vine Scroll Design
1694
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Jingdezhen kilns
Covered Cylindrical Vase with Stylized Flower and Leafy Vine Scroll Design
1694
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, 18.0 cm. H (both)
Credit Line
Bequest of Francis Burns Harvey
Object Number
1931.20.54
Straight-sided vase with a low, unglazed, stepped footrim; unglazed mouth rim; and lid which sits down inside the body. The vase is decorated with an overall stylized flower and heavy leaf scroll design, the flower having been identified variously as chrysanthemum (Morgan catalogue), pomegranate (Sotheby's catalogue) or tiger lily (Jörg 1997). Above the foot, a wide band contains three half-blossoms with leaves. The lid is decorated with three blossoms and three thick leaf scrolls, with a double-gourd shaped knop, having a blue tip above a band of vertical petals.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1930; Francis Burns Harvey, Baltimore; formerly collection of R.B.
Markings: Mark: on base in underglaze cobalt, artemisia leaf with ribbon inside double circle Old round printed label: acorn held aloft by right hand and arm (and on scroll) "'ONESTUS BENE DICTUS'/R.B."
