Vase with Animals and Mythical Creatures
Porcelains painted with enamels in which the color green predominates are often classified as famille verte, based on the writings of the nineteenth-century French collector and connoisseur Albert Jacquemart (1808–1875). It should be noted that French terms such as famille verte are used only in Western and not in Chinese scholarship and have, therefore, not been used here.
Artwork Details
- Title: Vase with Animals and Mythical Creatures
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)
- Date: early 18th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
- Dimensions: H. 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Object Number: 14.40.95
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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1713–22
17th century
dated 1774
Accession Number: 17.120.194
mid-18th century
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