Jingdezhen kilns
Large Zun-Shaped Vase with Carved Design of Landscapes and Dragons
1667-1699
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Jingdezhen kilns
Large Zun-Shaped Vase with Carved Design of Landscapes and Dragons
1667-1699
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with imitation Song Dynasty Longquan-type celadon glaze, 15 3/4 H x 8 1/2 Diam. in. (40 x 21.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Frank J. and Elizabeth L. Goodnow Collection
Object Number
1942.70.413
This vase incorporates many archaistic elements. Its shape is derived from a
13th – 10th-century bce ritual wine vessel (zun), and its glaze recalls 12–14th-century green-glazed wares of the Longquan kilns. There are differences however. This vase is larger than the original bronzes, and is made of white porcelain rather than gray stoneware. Its decoration, too, departs from the original. On the central band of a Bronze Age zun, dragons faced each other instead of chasing each other as they do here. Furthermore, dense landscapes were never among the carved motifs on Longquan celadon stonewares.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 1942; Goodnow Collection, Baltimore; probably acquired by Elizabeth Goodnow in China, c. 1912-1913
Frances Klapthor, "Chinese Ceramics," Baltimore: BMA, 1993, no. 38, p. 50, ill.
Inscribed: Spurious underglaze 6-character Chenghua reign mark on bottom
