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Vase with Golden Pheasants
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About this work
The flower-and-bird painting in this vase was intricately executed in colored enamels ( falangcai ), with careful modeling, shading, and blending of colors reflecting European influences through missionary-artists at the Qing court. The Jesuit artist Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766), in particular, exerted tremendous impact at the Qianlong academy.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineVase with Golden Pheasants (珐琅彩錦雞花卉蒜頭瓶), 1736–95. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-95). Porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over transparent glaze; overall: 18.6 x 10.5 cm (7 5/16 x 4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1971.145
