China
Vase and stand mark and reign of Qianlong, 1736-95
Porcelain with celadon glaze painted in underglaze blue-and-white slip | 46.5 x 24 cm (whole object) | RCIN 730
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A Chinese porcelain vase, pear-shaped with spreading foot, the neck with spreading lip and a pair of flat side handles in the form of openwork dragons. Painted under the celadon glaze in blue on either face is a circular design composed of archaic dragons formalised as geometric scrollwork, outlined in white slip; in between, scrollwork and ruyi-heads, and on the neck above, archaic-style jade pendants. Recessed within the low foot, the celadon-glazed base is painted with the six-character reign-mark Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi (‘Made in the reign of the Qianlong emperor of the Great Qing’) in seal script.
Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume II.Provenance
Almost certainly George IV. Formerly in the Gallery at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, and inventoried as ‘A sea green Bottle with Chinese characters thereon & handles, fifteen inches [38.1 cm]’ (1829B, p. 46); sent to Buckingham Palace in April 1847 (1829A, p. 16), and recorded there in the Privy Purse Entrance in 1921 (1829B, p. 46).
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Medium and techniques
Porcelain with celadon glaze painted in underglaze blue-and-white slip
Measurements
46.5 x 24 cm (whole object)
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