China
The Walters Art Museum’s collection of Chinese art includes works that span almost five millennia, from the late Neolithic period all the way up to the turn of the twentieth century. Chinese porcelains from the Ming and Qing dynasties were some of William T. Walters’s first purchases in the mid-nineteenth century and they form the foundation of the museum’s Asian collections. With the addition to important Buddhist sculptures, carved jades, ancient bronzes, paintings, and calligraphies, Henry Walters rounded out the Chinese collection so that it precisely reflects the early twentieth-century American vision of China.
The Walters Art Museum’s collection of Chinese art includes works that span almost five millennia, from the late Neolithic period all the way up to the turn of the twentieth century. Chinese porcelains from the Ming and Qing dynasties were some of William T. Walters’s first purchases in the mid-nineteenth century and they form the foundation of the museum’s Asian collections. With the addition to important Buddhist sculptures, carved jades, ancient bronzes, paintings, and calligraphies, Henry Walters rounded out the Chinese collection so that it precisely reflects the early twentieth-century American vision of China.
Pair of Vases
Porcelain: 1st quarter 18th century; Mounts: 19th century
VO.40 (49.1776, 49.1777)
Pair of Gourd-Shaped Vases
Porcelain: 1st quarter 18th century; Mounts: 1765-1775
VO.41 (49.1778, 49.1779)
Pair of Shells Mounted as Containers
Porcelain: 1700-1725; Mounts: 1740-1750
VO.45 (49.2255, 49.2256)
Pair of Vases with a Blossoming Branch
Porcelain: 1st quarter 18th century; Mounts: 19th century
VO.123 (49.1695, 49.1700)
Incense Burner with Design of the Eight Auspicious Symbols
18th century (Qing dynasty)
44.543
On view
