Pair of Lotus Petal Vases (1662–1722): Art, History and Details

Pair of Lotus Petal Vases (1662–1722) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

The "peach-bloom" glaze developed during the Kangxi era has also been described as "drunken with beauty." Technical achievements were transcended with aesthetic associations, revealing the greatest sensitivity to all things beautiful in nature.

Object facts

• Title: Pair of Lotus Petal Vases
• Date: 1662–1722
• Culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi period (1662-1722)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: porcelain with "peach bloom" glaze
• Dimensions: Overall: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.)
• Collection: China - Qing Dynasty
• Department: Chinese Art
• Accession number: 1942.668

Collection credit

Bequest of John L. Severance

Further reading listed by the museum

• Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
• Hollis, Howard. “Department of Oriental Art: Chinese Ceramics and Jades.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 29, no. 9 (November 1942): 150–157.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.

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