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mid-17th century · Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under and colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) · Asian Art

The narratives painted on the four sides of the vase were most likely based on similar scenes in woodblock illustrations. The solitary angler at the upper left identifies the scene as a historical narrative, set in the twelfth or eleventh century B.C., in which a ruler named Wen seeks the advice of a scholar named Jiang Taigong.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-17th century

Medium

Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under and colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase by subscription, 1879