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Unknown

19th century · Porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over black ground (Jingdezhen ware, famille noire) · Asian Art

The light green background on two sides of this face is found primarily on works produced for the use of the court during the rule of the infamous Dowager Empress Cixi (1835–1908), the de facto ruler of China from 1847 to her death. It seems likely that this vase, which continues a shape first used in the early eighteenth century, was made a century later, when her taste was echoed in porcelains made at Jingdezhen.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over black ground (Jingdezhen ware, famille noire)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913