Vase in the Form of a Carp, Mounted as an Ewer

Provenance

Marquis de Montault, Château de la Terte, Trescuel, L'Aigle, Normandy. Lord Hastings, London. (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); sold 1908 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Vase in the Form of a Carp, Mounted as an Ewer

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Yongzheng period, 1723/1735 (vase); c. 1730/1755 (mounts)

Accession Number

1942.9.444

Medium

porcelain with blue celadon glaze, in gilt-bronze mount

Dimensions

overall (without mount): 21.3 × 5.9 × 11.3 cm (8 3/8 × 2 5/16 × 4 7/16 in.) | overall (with mount): 31.4 × 10 × 16.4 cm (12 3/8 × 3 15/16 × 6 7/16 in.)

Classification

Decorative Art

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Widener Collection