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Bottle-shaped Vase

1736–95

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty

(1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-95)
porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration
Overall: 51.4 cm (20 1/4 in.)
Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.184.2
Location: Not on view

Description

This spectacular vase, one of a pair in the collection, depicts flowering and fruiting peach trees to convey an auspicious message of affluence and long life. Developments in enamel technology led to new possibilities in polychrome decoration of Qing imperial porcelains. Pinks appeared, lending their name to the new palette of overglaze colors (famille rose), and the addition of opaque white allowed painters to vary the value of pigments, enhancing the painterly quality of porcelain decoration.
  • ?–1944
    Mrs. Francis F. [Elisabeth Severance Allen] Prentiss [1865–1944], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1944–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss collection : bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944. Mentioned: cat. no. 93, 94, p. 83; Reproduced: Plate XXXVIII archive.org
    Hollis, Howard. “Chinese and Korean Ceramics: Japanese Lacquer.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 31, no. 6 (June 1944): 103–106. www.jstor.org
  • Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 1-October 14, 1984).
  • {{cite web|title=Bottle-shaped Vase|url=false|author=|year=1736–95|access-date=24 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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