清康熙 景德鎮窯耕織圖瓶|Vase with scenes and poems from Farming and Weaving
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Date unknown · Porcelain painted with overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware) · Asian Art
Rice farming and silk production, both represented here, were cornerstones of agrarian society in premodern China. Woodcuts made after imperial court paintings based on the twelfth-century text Farming and Weaving (Geng Zhi Tu) were widely used as models for artworks in other media, such as this vase. The headings of the texts on the front and back sides of the vase are “soaking rice seeds” (jinzhong) and “harvesting silkworm cocoons” (xiacu).
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- Date unknown
- Medium
- Porcelain painted with overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Bequest of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1960
