Jingdezhen kilns
Double-Gourd Vase Decorated with Women
1661
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Jingdezhen kilns
Double-Gourd Vase Decorated with Women
1661
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
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "90 Years of Asian Accessions: 1920-1940," (Lockwood de Forest, Julius Levy, Francis Burns Harvey, Mary Frick Jacobs, William H. Whitridge), July 2004-February 2005.
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"