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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.

Description

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.
A round, white, gourd-shaped porcelain vase with a round lip and a narrow neck. There is a geometric design that wraps around the neck of the vase. The body of the vase features a painting of two golden pheasants sitting on a branch, looking at each other.

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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