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"Lotus-Petal" Vase
(China )
The chrysanthemum (juban) or lotus (heban) vase shape receives its name from the petals impressed around the base. Its tall body with high shoulders slopes down to a narrow foot and rises to form a slender straight neck and widely flared mouth.
This flower vase is covered uniformly with a rich peach bloom glaze, a pink blush dappled with apple red. This spotting was achieved by blowing a copper-oxide glaze on to the vase and covering that with a clear glaze; when fired, the inconsistent spray of copper would create various shades of red or oxidize green. The effects of this copper glaze resemble the skin of a peach (the French peau de pêche) or apple, the reds and greens often referred to as "apple red" (pingguo hong) or "apple green" (pingguo jung).
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Provenance
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William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.498