Vase with hexagonal facets, containing various motifs
Entry/Object ID
2024.1.42
Description
Porcelain ware - Chinese, 1700s
Collection
Roman Verostko and Alice Wagstaff Legacy Collections
General Notes
Note
This vase is an example of Chinese porcelain, mimicking the style of the Japanese Imari ware, which was popular in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. At first, it appears to be Japanese, due to the colors used (red, blue, and gold) and the largely floral patterning. But, upon looking closer—at the flower motifs (including the plum blossoms, which the Chinese held as one of the “Three Friends of Winter” and as a symbol of perseverance, hope, and the arrival of spring), the use of mythological figures (such as the dragon), and the color of the red glaze (which tends more towards orange rather than a true red in Chinese porcelain)—its Chinese origin is revealed.
