The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 23, 2025
Lobed vase with underglaze cobalt blue decoration
1661–1722
(1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1661-1722)
Overall: 20.4 x 12.2 cm (8 1/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Location: Not on view
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The underside shows the mark of a feather, done in blue underglaze.Description
Underglaze blue-and-white designs reached their highest painterly quality during the reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662–1722). Porcelain decorators achieved a level of artistic and technical sophistication that rivaled that of professional painters. Blue-and-white porcelains in brilliant cobalt blue catered to the taste of the educated class, the court, and foreign markets. Notice the blue-and-white porcelains in Pierre Bonnard’s painting Fruit and Fruit Dishes (CMA 2020.100); such ceramics on a French dining table would have been inspired by Chinese porcelains of this type.- ?–2004(K.Y. Fine Art, Hong Kong, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley)2004–2020Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2020–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Von Spee, Clarissa. "Chinese Ceramics and Works on Paper." In The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 194–229. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 222–223; Mentioned: pp. 259–261
- Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.174