Jingdezhen kilns
Covered Food Storage Jar Decorated with a Scholar’s Desk
1676
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, gilded gesso, 9 H x 7 13/16 Diam. cm. (22.7 x 19.8 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.47.38
Decorated with a scene from a drama; a woman kneeling at the lower right has dropped a bowl of rice which has fallen to the ground, spilling the rice and a spoon.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996 (on loan 1966-1996); Maryland Institute College of Art, by 1911; Henry Walters, by bequest, 1909; George A. Lucas, Paris
"Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Art Collection," The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 1911.
Frances Klapthor, "An Eastward Glance - Chinese and Japanese Art from the Lucas Collection," BMA, August 2006-February 2007.
Frances Klapthor, "An Eastward Glance - Chinese and Japanese Art from the Lucas Collection," BMA, August 2006-February 2007.
"Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Art Collection," The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 1911, no. 697, p. 109 [see also no. 661]
Frances Klapthor, Chinese Ceramics, Baltimore: BMA, 1993, no. 104, p. 57.
Inscribed: Apocraphal 6-character Chenghua reign mark.
Markings: On bottom, old French label [Duvauchel) "687"; on lid, "941"
