Harvard Art Museums > 1911.9: One Vase from a Garniture Set: Tall Cylindrical Vase with Flaring Lip and Subtly Flaring Foot and with Decoration of a Scrolling Vine with Fruiting and Flowering Branches Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"One Vase from a Garniture Set: Tall Cylindrical Vase with Flaring Lip and Subtly Flaring Foot and with Decoration of a Scrolling Vine with Fruiting and Flowering Branches , 1911.9,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/310900. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1911.9 Title One Vase from a Garniture Set: Tall Cylindrical Vase with Flaring Lip and Subtly Flaring Foot and with Decoration of a Scrolling Vine with Fruiting and Flowering Branches Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 18th-19th Century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Qing dynasty, 1644-1911 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/310900 Physical Descriptions Medium Qianlong-style molded porcelain: porcelain with molded decoration under very pale blue qingbai-type glaze Dimensions H. 61.0 x Diam. 19.0 cm (24 x 7 1/2 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. W. Wheeler Smith Accession Year 1911 Object Number 1911.9 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Tall cylindrical vase from an ornamental set originally comprising two "beaker vases" (such as the present one) and three covered baluster jars, each piece ornately molded with a curling vine bearing flowers and fruit, the foot of each vessel with bands of stylized lotus-petals, the necks of the "beakers" with ru-yi sceptre motifs, and the necks of the jars with rising banana-leaf decor below a lei-wen border; the domed jar covers each with everted lip and decorated with scrolling leaf and crackled-ice patterns, and knobs in the forms of Chinese lions; the base of the covered jars bear four-character marks raised in relief. Exhibition History Ceramic Installation at Elms, Newport, Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport, 08/01/1962 - 05/10/2013 Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022 Related Works 1911.10 One Vase from a Garniture Set: Tall Cylindrical Vase with Flaring Lip and Subtly Flaring Foot and with Decoration of a Scrolling Vine with Fruiting and Flowering Branches Vessels 1911.11 One Covered Jar from a Garniture Set: Covered Baluster Jar with Decoration of a Scrolling Vine with Fruiting and Flowering Branches, the Domed Cover with Knob in the Form of a Chinese Lion with Both Front Paws on a Ball Vessels 1911.12 One Covered Jar from a Garniture Set: Covered Baluster Jar with Decoration of a Scrolling Vine with Fruiting and Flowering Branches, the Domed Cover with Knob in the Form of a Chinese Lion with Both Front Paws on a Ball Vessels Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
