Description
This vase is the only known stoneware work by landscape painter Jiang Eshi. On one side, bamboo branches hang from the truncated top of the vase. On the other side, the artist’s inscription reads, “Qingshuang made it for pleasure,” followed by his two seals. Qingshuang was Jiang’s courtesy name, which the painter took up later in life. His inexperience as a ceramist is evident, but the unique form and decorations of this vase echo his bold, rhythmic brushwork with ink on paper.
Provenance
Margaret O. Gentles (1905–1969), Chicago, by 1961 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, Mar. 29, 1961]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.
Accession Number
137286
Medium
Stoneware with incised decoration
Dimensions
30 × 28.2 cm (11 13/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
stoneware
Credit Line
Bequest of Margaret O. Gentles