清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯西洋仕女嬰戯圖瓶|Vase with European women and children

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second half 18th century · Painted enamel on copper alloy, glass beads · Asian Art

Profusely ornate, this vase reflects Chinese interests in European imagery and pictorial techniques during the eighteenth century. Chinese artists used a new palette of opaque enamels to create shading that could replicate Western painting styles. The stippling on the sky and ground, as well as the horizontal lines on the surface of the body of water, may indicate that a European copperplate etching served as the pictorial source for the vignette.

Artist

Unknown

Date

second half 18th century

Medium

Painted enamel on copper alloy, glass beads

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Bequest of Mary Clark Thompson, 1923