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Vase with Copper Oxide Glaze
(China )
By the 18th century, jun (copper oxide) wares of the Song dynasty (960–1279) had become highly prized for their innovative use of copper oxide to yield the color purple. Many jun pieces were collected in the Qing imperial treasury. This vase displays a popular jun glaze design that was revived from the Song dynasty: it is glazed with robin’s egg blue with splashes of purple.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 10 3/16 × Diam: 7 3/8 in. (25.9 × 18.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, before 1931
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.2061
