Jingdezhen kilns
Small Vase Decorated with a Bird beneath a Pine Tree
1660
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Jingdezhen kilns
Small Vase Decorated with a Bird beneath a Pine Tree
1660
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.
Dena Katzenberg,The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Blue Traditions," 4 Dec. 1973-30 Jan. 1974, no. 48C, ill. p. 191.
Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, "Chinese New Year Program," 29 Jan.-15 Mar. 1975.
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.
Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, "Chinese New Year Program," 29 Jan.-15 Mar. 1975.
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: "Dreicert & Co./S322"
