Vase

Object Details

• Description

  Polychrome.

  Clay: fine-grained white porcelain.

  Glaze: transparent, glossy.

  Decoration: in colored enamels over glaze; a landscape with palaces; poem of 14 characters; 3 simulated seals; 4 character Qianlong mark in blue enamel on base.

• Marks

  Four-character Qianlong mark in blue enamel on base.

  Four-character Qianlong mark in blue enamel on base.

• Inscriptions

  1. Poem:

  [Ch] Chen - Mountain [Ch] Se - Color [Ch] Tsung - Plants [Ch] Lung - Grass

  [Ch] Tan - Red (Lacquered) [Ch] Ch'ien - door-sill (of the Imperial Palace) [Ch]

  Wei - outside

  "Outside the red Lacquered door-sill (of the Imperial Palace) the mountain hues emanate from the plant and grass covered peaks."

  [Ch] Ya - Evening hue [Ch] Kuang - Light [Ch] Feng - Floating [Ch] Yan - rippling [Ch] Ts'ui - Jade-green [Ch] Sung - Pine tree [Ch] Shao - tip

  "Over the top of the Jade-green Pine Tree the evening hue beautifies the floating, rippling clouds."

  On the upper right of the poem, there is a raised pink glaze seal in two characters [Ch] Jen Hua (cultivated kindness)

  On the lower left of the poem, there are two seals:

  (1) In two characters: [Ch] Shan-Kao (mountain high)

  (2) In two characters: [Ch] Shui Ch'ang (water long)

  2. (Jan Stuart, 25 Nov. 1997) The couplet is by the Tang dynasty poet Liu Yuxi (772-842):

  Mountain hues are green and lush beyond the

  vermilion railings;

  Rosy clouds glow and shimmer at the tips of

  bright-green pines.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Song Legacy (May 17 to October 26, 2014)

  In the Mountains (January 31 to August 2, 1998)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1790s, 1730s

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Landscapes, Porcelain, Art, Palace, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Jingdezhen ware, Qianlong reign (1736 - 1796)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)