Jingdezhen kilns
Vase Decorated with Flowers
1660
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Jingdezhen kilns
Vase Decorated with Flowers
1660
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, 17.3 cm. H
Credit Line
Bequest of Francis Burns Harvey
Object Number
1931.20.40
Bottle-form vase with everted lip, sloping shoulders and ovoid body. Pairs of double lines decorate the inside of the mouth, the underside of the lip, and just above the foot rim. On opposite sides of the body, clumps of three flowering plants (peony, chrysanthemum and astor) grow from rocks. The body is lustrous and white; the blue washes range in color from very pale to dark sapphire.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1930; Francis Burns Harvey, Baltimore
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.
