Jingdezhen kilns
Covered Vase Decorated with Overall Flower and Vine Scroll Motif and Mount
1735
Scroll
Jingdezhen kilns
Covered Vase Decorated with Overall Flower and Vine Scroll Motif and Mount
1735
Physical Qualities
Porcelain, underglaze cobalt decoration, gilt metal, 13 9/16 H x 4 15/16 Diam. in. (34.5 x 12.5 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
1996.47.4
In the 1500s and 1600s, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean porcelain was coveted by maritime merchants who transported examples to European courts, where porcelain conveyed global knowledge and status. Only Asian workshops knew the recipe for porcelain prior the 18th century. To own works of “true porcelain,” Europeans ordered objects and dinner services, adorned with coats of arms or depictions of Europeans, that had been decorated by women and men in Asian studios. However, even after
Europeans deciphered the formula in the early 1700s, porcelain from Asia was an essential possession for aristocrats who, by this time, were reaping the wealth of global conquest.
B. Luberda, Recasting Colonialism: Michelle Erickson Ceramics Exhibition, May 7 - Oct. 2023
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.
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, Art Agent 1860-1909," Jan. 28 - Mar. 11, 1979.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
Brittany Luberda, "Recasting Colonialism: Michelle Erickson Ceramics," Baltimore Museum of Art, May 7-October 1, 2023
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, Art Agent 1860-1909," Jan. 28 - Mar. 11, 1979.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
Brittany Luberda, "Recasting Colonialism: Michelle Erickson Ceramics," Baltimore Museum of Art, May 7-October 1, 2023
"Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Art Collection," The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 1911, no. 653, p. 103 [one of a pair with no. 697]
Council Tour & Reception, BMA Today, Issue 171, Summer 2023, p. 26
