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The figures on this vase were inspired by illustrations of historical characters in woodblock-printed plays and novels. Those publications became popular in the seventeenth century and influenced porcelain design and other decorative arts.
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清 景德鎮窯五彩人物故事圖鳳尾瓶
Title: Vase with figural scenes
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)
Date: late 17th–early 18th century
Culture: China
Medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)
Dimensions: H. 27 1/4 in. (69.2 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Bequest of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1960
Object Number: 61.200.36
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