Vase

Ceramics
China

Subject/design:

One hundred characters for "Longevity" in seal script

Materials:

Porcelain

Technique:

Celadon glaze with moulded relief decoration

Date:

Qing dynasty (1644-1911), reign of Qianlong (1736-1795)

Size:

height 42 cm

Place of origin:

China, Jiangxi, imperial kilns of Jingdezhen

Mark:

Qianlong mark (1736-1795). Six caracters in three vertical lines under the base: Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi

Comments:

The nature of the decoration suggests that this unusually elaborate vase was made as a birthday present for an elderly man, perhaps for the emperor himself.

Inventory number:

CB.CC.1944.385

Copyright:

Fondation Baur

Photographer:

Marian Gérard