Pair of Vases

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Pair of Vases

Date
1736–95
Medium
porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration
Culture
China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-1795)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
123608

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This spectacular vase, one of a pair in the collection, depicts flowering and fruiting peach trees to convey an auspicious message of affluence and long life. Developments in enamel technology led to new possibilities in polychrome decoration of Qing imperial porcelains. Pinks appeared, lending their name to the new palette of overglaze colors (famille rose), and the addition of opaque white allowed painters to vary the value of pigments, enhancing the painterly quality of porcelain decoration.

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Credit line
Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
Provenance
?–1944: Mrs. Francis F. [Elisabeth Severance Allen] Prentiss [1865–1944], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1944–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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