Rectangular Vase Illustrating Poems by Tao Qian and Su Shi
Kangxi period, 1662/1722
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
porcelain with famille jaune and famille noire enamels on the biscuit
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 35.6 x 14 x 14 cm (14 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.608
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(S. Bing, Paris).[1] J. Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913], New York; (Duveen Brothers, New York and London]; sold 1915 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.
[1] Widener collection records (in NGA curatorial files) note that the vase was "formerly in the collection of Monsieur S. Bing, Paris." This information was not included in the provenance published in the NGA systematic catalogue entry (Little et al. 1998, 165-167).
Associated Names
Bibliography
1904
Morgan 1904-1911, 1:16, no. 11, pl. 62.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 23.
1947
Christensen, Erwin O. Chinese Porcelains of the Widener Collection. Washington, 1947 (rev. ed. 1956): 10.
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: 165-167, color repro.
Inscriptions
in standard script on two sides in black enamel with the poems "Homecoming" by Tao Qian and "Second Ode to the Red Cliff" by Su Shi
Wikidata ID
Q62286072