Bottle vase
Unknown Artist
18th century
Medium
Porcelain with copper red glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Dimensions
H. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); Diam. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Classification
Ceramics
Culture & Period
China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
29.100.321
Art Historical Context
This elegant bottle vase, crafted in 18th-century China during the Qing dynasty (164–1911), exemplifies pinnacle of imperial porcelain production at Jingdezhen, the renowned center for fine ceramics. Standing at ¼ inches tall with a 9¼-inch diameter, its graceful swollen form tapers to a narrow neck, designed originally as a flower holder in scholarly gardens or elite interiors. The unknown artist's mastery shines through the medium: translucent porcelain coated in a lustrous copper red glaze, known as sang de bœuf for its deep, ox-blood hue achieved via precise copper oxide firing in wood kil...