Cleveland Museum of Art

Vase with Golden Pheasants

Date

1736–95

Medium

porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over transparent glaze

Culture

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-95)

Department

Chinese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

The flower-and-bird painting in this vase was intricately executed in colored enamels ( falangcai ), with careful modeling, shading, and blending of colors reflecting European influences through missionary-artists at the Qing court. The Jesuit artist Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766), in particular, exerted tremendous impact at the Qianlong academy. Refined porcelains produced in Jingdezhen kilns were sent to Beijing palace workshops to be decorated in falangcai technique under direct imperial supervision.

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