Jingdezhen kilns
Vase Decorated with a Female Immortal and Crane
1849
Scroll
Jingdezhen kilns
Vase Decorated with a Female Immortal and Crane
1849
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamel and gold decoration, 6 15/16 H x 3 3/4 Diam. in. (17.7 x 9.5 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.47.11
The quality of the painted decoration is exceptional, ranging from ground's flat wash of the palest green to the tree trunk drawn in the manner of wet-brush ink painting. The woman's surroundings - a remote landscape between a large rock and bare tree - her basket of flowers, and avian companion identify her as an Immortal.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996 (on loan 1966-1996); Maryland Institute College of Art, by 1911; Henry Walters, by bequest, 1909; George A. Lucas, Paris
"Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Art Collection," The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 1911.
"Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Art Collection," The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 1911, no. 660, p. 104.
