Vase, called "The Fire Cloud"

early 18th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with oxblood glaze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 43.8 x 18.1 cm (17 1/4 x 7 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.527

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

George R. Davies, Cheshire, England; sold to (Gorer, London); (Dreicer and Co., New York, agents of Gorer, London); sold 1913 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1911

  • Gorer/Blacker 1911, 2:pl. 162.

1913

  • Collection of Old Chinese Porcelains formed by George R. Davies, Esq. Formerly of Hartford, Cheshire, and now of Parton, N.B.; Purchased by Gorer and Exhibited at the Galleries Dreicer & Co. London, 1913: no. 158, pl. 9.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 21.

1998

  • Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 48-49, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62268526

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