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Pair of Vases
1736–95
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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- Title: Pair of Vases
- Date Created: 1736–95
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 51.4 cm (20 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: Mrs. Francis F. [Elisabeth Severance Allen] Prentiss [1865–1944], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.184
- Medium: porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration
- Original Title: 粉彩桃紋瓷瓶
- Department: Chinese Art
- Culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-1795)
- Credit Line: Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
- Collection: China - Qing Dynasty
- Accession Number: 1944.184
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