Waterpot
Date1662-1722
Maker
Chinese
Label TextMetallic copper sandwiched between layers of glaze created the soft, variegated pink of peachbloom. Peachbloom is limited to eight prescribed shapes, all made to grace a scholar's desk. This water pot was used to pour water onto an inkstone to facilitate the grinding of ink.
Object number53.23
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Glaze, Pattern and Image: Decoration in Chinese Ceramics", September 7, 2002 - November 19, 2002
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Chinese Ceramics and Snuff Bottles from the Ming and Xing Dynasties", January 14, 2006 - April 2, 2006
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 121.
Foong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): p. 61, reproduced fig. 22 (installation view).Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions3 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. (8.5 x 3.34 cm)
MediumPorcelain with peachbloom-red glaze, incised decoration
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