Jingdezhen kilns
Large Stem Cup
1735-1794
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Jingdezhen kilns
Large Stem Cup
1735-1794
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with oxblood red glaze, 4 5/8 H x 6 Diam. in. (11.7 x 15.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. W. Lehman Guyton, Cockeysville, Maryland
Object Number
2005.103
Beautiful large stem cup covered with an even deep red oxblood glaze that has many tiny holes, the result of from bubbles which rose to the surface and burst in the firing. The transparent glaze on the mouth rim, starkly white; the foot well-finished.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2003; Dr. William L. Guyton, Cockeysville, Maryland
Chinese Ceramics and Paintings from Two Local Collections
Rose Kerr, "Chinese Ceramics Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911," London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1986, pp. 74-79 [for a good discussion of copper red glazes].
Markings: 6 character seal script reign mark, "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi"
