Bottle Vase
late 18th century
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
porcelain with oxblood glaze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 23.8 x 13.3 cm (9 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
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Accession
1972.43.31
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Yamanaka, Chicago); sold to Harry G. Steele [1881-1942], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele [d. 1974]; gift 1972 to NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
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: 55, color repro.
Inscriptions
falsely inscribed in standard script on the base with an incised mark in two columns of two characters each: Xuande nian zhi (made in the reign of Xuande)
Wikidata ID
Q62758827