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1972.43-30 (C-585)
Vase, Meiping Shape

Qing dynasty, early nineteenth century
5
13
Porcelain with oxblood glaze, 21.8 x 12.3 (8 /s x 4 /i6)
Harry G. Steele Collection, Gift of Grace C. Steele
TECHNICAL NOTES
A crack in the lip has been repaired with the Japanese gold
lacquer technique.
PROVENANCE
(Parish-Watson Gallery, New York); sold to Harry G. Steele
[1881-1941], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele.

HE OXBLOOD GLAZE only partially covers this heavy
Tvase. The colors range from a deep, opaque red to a
pale greenish white streaked occasionally with red. A
brownish crackle pattern runs through the glaze. The
interior of the lip is olive green in color and lacks the
crackle seen elsewhere on the surface. The glazed base
has the same olive-green color. The smooth rounded
foot-ring reveals a white paste that has fired a brownish
gray color. The rather ungainly shape and heavy potting
suggest an early nineteenth-century date. 1
SL

NOTES
i. For a prototype from the Kangxi period, see Min Chiu 1977,
pl.5.

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