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Double-Gourd Vase Decorated with Women

1661-1721

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Jingdezhen kilns

Double-Gourd Vase Decorated with Women

1661-1721

Physical Qualities Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, 18.5 cm. H
Credit Line Bequest of Francis Burns Harvey
Object Number 1931.20.44
Vase of attenuated double-gourd form with swastika diaper band below mouth rim, above a plain think line. In the upper register, a flowering plum tree and peony are depicted among rocks; in the middle, a wide band decorated with four wheels; in the lower register, four women grouped in two pairs. On one side, the women hold flowers and gaze at a rabbit lying on the table between them; on the opposite side, the women are seated, one holding a bird and one a peony flower, while a dog frolicks between them.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1930; Francis Burns Harvey, Baltimore; Morgan Collection
Stephen W. Bushell and William M. Laffan, "Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains," NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1907, no. 369, p. 80.

Markings: Mark: artemisia leaf in underglaze cobalt on bottom. Labels: on bottom, "MORGAN COLLECTION/369" and "364/D38"

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2000–2000

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