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.
Bottle with Flaring Neck Decorated with Five-Clawed Dragon and Jewel
1736-1795 (Qing dynasty (1644-1911))
49.595
Vase in the Form of a Wine Vessel (Gu)
1736-1795 (Qing dynasty; reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736–95))
49.2310
On view
Vase with Lu Jun Glaze
1736-1795 (Qing dynasty; reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736–95))
49.1855
On view
Flask with Scenes of Plowing
1736-1795 (Qing dynasty (1644-1911); reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795))
49.2015
On view
Flask with the “Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism”
1736-1795 (Qing dynasty (1644-1911))
49.1685
On view
Vase with Landscape and Du Mu's Poem
1736-1795 (Qing dynasty; reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736–95))
49.1450
On view
