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1942.9-559 (C-412), 1942.9.560 (€-413)

Wine Pots

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
1942.9.559: Porcelain with famille verte enamels
9
5
on the biscuit, 14.1 (with lid) x 16.8 (5 /i6 x 6 /s)
1942.9.560: Porcelain with famille jaune enamels
on the biscuit, 14.0 (with lid) x 15.9 (5^2 x 6V4)
Widener Collection
TECHNICAL NOTES
1942.9.559: The vessel has a wide, sharply trimmed foot-ring. The flowers and butterflies painted on a green ground. The
recessed base is covered with a thin colorless enamel. 1942.9.560: handles of both are in the shape of a fish. A dragon's head
A chip on the end of the spout has been filled and painted. appears at the base of each hexagonal spout. A band of
green chevrons surrounds the base of each pot, above
PROVENANCE which is a band of ascending flower petals. The rectan-
J. Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913], New York, by 1904. (Duveen gular panels on the neck of both pots are painted with
Brothers, New York and London); sold 1915 to Peter A. B. flowers against a fish-roe diaper ground. The openwork
Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheri-
tance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power tops, firmly attached to the main body of both pots, are
of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. decorated with plum blossoms. The knob of each is
molded in the shape of a plum blossom.
XCEPT FOR THE GLAZE COLORS—famille verte for SL
E 1942.9.559 and famille jaune for 1942.9.560—the
wine pots are similar. The sides are decorated with open- REFERENCES
work panels depicting the Three Friends of Winter: pine, 1904-1911 Morgan: i: 103, no. 644 [1942.9.599], no. 645
bamboo, and plum. These panels are surrounded by [1942.9.560].

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