Two Bottle Vases
1874-1899
Physical Qualities
Earthenware with deep yellow glaze, .1) 21 x 12.5 cm. (8 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.); .2): 20.9 x 12.5 cm. (8 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.2010.10-11
Round body, sunken foot cavity, long neck, rim stained black.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore; Claribel or Etta Cone, Baltimore; probably purchased in China in 1907 on Cone Family trip
Cone Wing Reopening, 1998-2001
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, May 6-September 25, 2011; Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, November 4, 2011-February 10, 2012; Vancouver Art Gallery, June 2-September 23, 2012.
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, May 6-September 25, 2011; Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, November 4, 2011-February 10, 2012; Vancouver Art Gallery, June 2-September 23, 2012.
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, p. 78.
Inscribed: On bottom: incised apocraphal 6-character Yongzheng reign mark in double circle.
