Jingdezhen kilns
Small Vase Decorated with a Bird beneath a Pine Tree
1660-1721
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Jingdezhen kilns
Small Vase Decorated with a Bird beneath a Pine Tree
1660-1721
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, 13.3 cm. H
Credit Line
Bequest of Francis Burns Harvey
Object Number
1931.20.50
The body is decorated with a pine tree which stretches over the shoulder. Behind the tree, there is a large rock and two sprays of bamboo. Standing on one leg on top of the rock, is a large bird with a long, thin neck looking up at the moon in clouds overhead.
The small vase has a short neck flared at the mouth, sloping shoulder, cylindrical body tapering to the foot, and an unglazed stepped footrim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1930; Francis Burns Harvey, Baltimore; Dreicert & Co.
Markings: No mark. Label, on bottom: "Dreicert & Co./S322"
