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Jingdezhen ware vase

Photo: Paul Macapia

Jingdezhen ware vase

1736 - 95

Chinese , Jingdezhen

The Qianlong emperor’s love of antiques inspired porcelain imitations of ancient lacquerworks and bronze vessels. The burnished dark green appearance of this vase recalls an ancient bronze.




Hard paste porcelain
8 1/4 in. (20.1 cm), height
13 1/2 in. (34.29 cm), girth
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
38.10
Photo: Paul Macapia
location
Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

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SAM's Porcelain Room

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Timeless Grandeur: Art from China"
April 25, 2002 - June 12, 2005

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)
Published References"Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 83 (b&w)

Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 247

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