Bottle Vase (1662–1722): Art, History and Details

Bottle Vase (1662–1722) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Bottle Vase
• Date: 1662–1722
• Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1662-1722)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: porcelain, Lang ware
• Dimensions: Overall: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.)
• Collection: China - Qing Dynasty
• Department: Chinese Art
• Accession number: 1940.942

Collection credit

Bequest of James Parmelee

Further reading listed by the museum

• 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.

View the collection record

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