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1972.43.16 (C-571)
Small Beaker Vase in the Shape of an
Archaic Bronze Gu
Qing dynasty, late Kangxi or Yongzheng period (1700-1735)
Porcelain with colorless glaze, 10.9 x 8.7 (4^6 x 3^5)
Harry G. Steele Collection, Gift of Grace C. Steele
TECHNICAL NOTES
This beaker vase is finely thrown from a dense white paste and
covered with a colorless glaze. The narrow foot-ring is sharply
trimmed, and the recessed base is glazed.
PROVENANCE
(Yamanaka, Chicago); sold December 1940 to Harry G. Steele
[1881-1941], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele.
HE SHAPE OF THIS VASE REFLECTS the widespread
Tarchaizing movement in Chinese decorative art of
the eighteenth century. The roughly incised decoration
consists of bands of ascending and descending stylized
leaves on the upper and lower sections, with isolated
flowers and leaves on the waist.
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