Vase with landscape and poem by Zhu Xi
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.By the end of the Ming dynasty, private kilns were producing high-end porcelains decorated with vibrant blue-and-white paintings. Diverging from the imperial court’s standardized patterns, these illustrations feature lively imagery such as scenes from popular dramas and historical narratives. The example here depicts a spring outing from a poem written by the influential neo-Confucian thinker Zhu Xi (1130–1200).
Artwork Details
- 明崇禎 景德鎮窯青花朱熹詩山水瓶
- Title: Vase with landscape and poem by Zhu Xi
- Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Date: dated 1639
- Culture: China
- Medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)
- Dimensions: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Promised Gift of Julia and John Curtis, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary
- Object Number: L.2020.10.7
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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