Vase with landscape and poem

Object Details

• Description

  Exterior decoration (on neck) consists of a house among trees and boulders with mountains in the distance, above a plain band at join of neck and shoulder; on shoulder, four large full-face flowers and four buds, all within a leaf scroll; at shoulder, a three-line band above ruyi lappets; on body, landscape scene showing pavilion among trees on promontory, three scholars standing on a bridge, a boatman poling a narrow boat with towering cliff on opposite shore and the sun behind a band of clouds; verse of two seven-character lines by Yunqiao, with seal; lotus panels at base.

• Inscriptions

  Inscribed on vase:

  Willows dark-green, flowers bright,

  springtime's now just at its peak.

  As mist disperses on the deep lake,

  I can make out the twigs of trees.

  [signed] Yunqiao

  [signed] Yunqiao

• Provenance

  To 1997

  C.P. Lin, Hong Kong, to 1997

  From 1997

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by C.P. Lin in 1997

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Joined Colors: Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain (January 31 to November 28, 1993)

  The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)

• Previous custodian or owner

  C.P. Lin

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of C. P. Lin

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1720s, 1660s

• Name

  Lin, C. P.

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Sun

• Topic

  Bridges, Landscapes, Boats and boating, Porcelain, Art, Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722), Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Poetry, Jingdezhen ware, Lotus

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)