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Collection Online as of April 24, 2024

Bottle Vase

Bottle Vase

1662–1722
(1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1662-1722)
porcelain, Lang ware
Overall: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.942
Location: not on view

Description

In the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), luxury items became more affordable to larger parts of the society, including women, merchants, and literati in non-official positions. Imperial patronage and a growing urban population encouraged consumption of luxury goods and local craftmanship.

This petite, red-glazed bottle vase is an example of Lang ware, or Lang yao in Chinese, developed at the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen. “Ox blood” glaze is one of the Qing dynasty's accomplishments in porcelain production.
  • ?–1940
    James Parmelee [1855–1931], Cleveland, OH and Washington DC, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1940–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Milliken, William M., Henry S. Francis, Howard Hollis, Gertrude Underhill, Silvia A. Wunderlich, and Nell G. Sill. “The Bequest of James Parmelee.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 28, no. 2 (1941): 15–31. www.jstor.org
  • China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).
    Chinese Ceramics. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 3-June 4, 1967).
  • {{cite web|title=Bottle Vase|url=false|author=|year=1662–1722|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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