Square vase with flowers of four seasons
This square vase is likely an example of famille noire ware produced before the late nineteenth century, when some individuals believe such vessels were first created for the Western market. A pair of similar square vases now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, have an early record stating that they were in England no later than 1854, decades before the fashion of famille noire began.
Artwork Details
- 清 景德鎮窯墨地三彩四季花卉紋方瓶
- Title: Square vase with flowers of four seasons
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: 18th–19th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over black ground (Jingdezhen famille noire ware)
- Dimensions: H. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Object Number: 14.40.428
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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