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1942.9-561 (C-4i4)> 1942-9.562 (0-415)

Wine Pots

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Porcelain with famille verte, famille jaune,
and famille noire enamels on the biscuit,
7
1942.9.561:11.3 (with lid) x 15.4 (4 /i6 x 6 Vi6)
l
1942.9.562:11.4 (with lid) x 15.2 (4/2 x 6) bamboo segments. The leaf-shaped lids have knobs in
Widener Collection
the shape of a twisted segment of bamboo.
The decoration is in a combination of famille jaune,
TECHNICAL NOTES famille verte, and famille noire enamels on the biscuit.
Both wine pots are hand built, possibly from premolded sec-
tions. The flat bases are unglazed, and the interiors covered with The bamboo-shaped segments, wider in 1942.9.562, are
a transparent pale green enamel. There is a small crack in the lip painted with birds and plum, magnolia, and narcissus on
and a chip missing from the base of 1942.9.561. alternating yellow, aubergine, and green grounds. The
handles are painted in black and light green, the joints
PROVENANCE painted in dark green with black dots. The lids are paint-
J. Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913], New York, by 1904. (Duveen ed with isolated plum blossoms and sprigs of bamboo,
Brothers, New York and London); sold 1915 to Peter A. B. and are encircled by a chevron pattern around the edge
Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheri- of the upper surface.
tance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power SL
of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.
NOTES
HE WINE POTS ARE IN THE SHAPE of a bundle of CUt i. Compare Bartholomew 1977, no. 10.
Tbamboo segments. This shape is well known among
Kangxi porcelains with enamels on the biscuit, and it
also appears among Kangxi-period Yixing wares. 1 The REFERENCES
spout and handle of both pots are also in the shape of 1904-1911 Morgan: i: 102, no. 636.

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