Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Meiping Vase with Sang de Boeuf Glaze

Artist Unknown

CultureChinese | Qing Dynasty

Date18th century

MediumPorcelain | Glaze | Monochrome sang-de-boeuf ware

DimensionsOverall: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)

InscribedUnderglaze blue 6 character mark of Hsuan Te (1426-35).

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.101

Collections

Asian Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 106

DescriptionMeiping vase has high shoulders, slightly flared short neck. Tapers gracefully to foot. Glaze "oxblood" with "orangeskin" surface, collects evenly around foot. Exposed body of light buff color, bottom and interior white. Glaze on neck thinned by downward flow. Monochrome sang-de-boeuf ware: porcelain with copper-red glaze; with spurious mark painted on base in underglaze cobalt blue reading: “Da Ming Xunadenian zhi” (Made during Xuande reign of the Ming Dynasty)