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Vase with Golden Pheasants

珐琅彩錦雞花卉蒜頭瓶

1736–95
(1736-95)
porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over transparent glaze
Overall: 18.6 x 10.5 cm (7 5/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Weight: 420 g (14.82 oz.)
John L. Severance Fund 1971.145
Location: 238 Chinese Ceramics
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Refined porcelains produced in Jingdezhen kilns were sent to Beijing palace workshops to be decorated in falangcai technique under direct imperial supervision.

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The flower-and-bird painting in this vase was intricately executed in colored enamels (falangcai), with careful modeling, shading, and blending of colors reflecting European influences through missionary-artists at the Qing court. The Jesuit artist Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766), in particular, exerted tremendous impact at the Qianlong academy.
Vase with Golden Pheasants

Vase with Golden Pheasants

1736–95

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-95)

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