Exhibitions/ Selected Artworks

Excellence and Elegance: Decorative Arts of the Eighteenth-Century Qing Court

August 25–November 25, 2007

Exhibition Objects


5 Objects

Boy with water buffalo

Date: 18th century Medium: Jade (nephrite) Accession Number: 02.18.438

Vase with Nine Peaches

Accession Number: 17.120.194

Medium: Porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) Accession Number: 17.120.194

Jar with floral scrolls and wrapped-cloth design (one of a pair)

Date: mid-18th century Medium: Painted enamel on copper alloy Accession Number: 14.40.161a, b

Jar with floral scrolls and wrapped-cloth design (one of a pair)

Date: mid-18th century Medium: Painted enamel on copper Accession Number: 14.40.162a, b

Box in the shape of a flower

Date: late 18th–early 19th century Medium: Gilt, silver, cloisonné and painted enamels, semiprecious stones Accession Number: 50.145.326a, b