Jingdezhen kilns
Small Meiping Vase Decorated with a Crane beneath a Pine Tree
1735
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Jingdezhen kilns
Small Meiping Vase Decorated with a Crane beneath a Pine Tree
1735
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, 5 H x 2 5/8 Diam. in. (12.7 x 6.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Francis Burns Harvey
Object Number
1931.20.48
Mei-ping form vase, having a small mouth with everted lip, rounded shoulder which tapers gradually to an everted foot. The vase is decorated with a crane standing on one leg beneath a large, knarled pine tree which is surrounded by rocks. The crane is gazing at the full moon overhead. The decoration is painted in a very dark, rich inky cobalt.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1930; Francis Burns Harvey, Baltimore; Dreicert & Co.
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.
Markings: No mark. Label, on bottom, "Dreicer & Co./S324" [removed to file]
