Water Pot (1662–1722): Art, History and Details

Water Pot (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 been described as "drunken with beauty." The water pot's glaze is in shades ranging from red to grayish rose. The interior and base are covered in white glaze.

Object facts

• Title: Water Pot
• 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: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)
• Collection: China - Qing Dynasty
• Department: Chinese Art
• Accession number: 1942.672.a

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, OH]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
• Hollis, Howard. "Department of Oriental Arts: Chinese Ceramics and Jades." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 29, no. 9 (November 1942): 150–157.
• Ball, Victoria Kloss. Architecture and Interior Design. New York: Wiley, 1980.

View the collection record

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