Jar with Dragons and Floral Designs
Men were traded for vases in a Europe obsessed with porcelain and power. Vessels this large were rarely made for the domestic market during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), but they appeared in the collection of the ruler Augustus II the Strong. In 1717 he exchanged a regiment of elite soldiers (dragoons) with the Prussian king for 151 pieces of porcelain. The sixteen monumental vessels Augustus acquired, much like this one, are now known as “dragoon vases.”
Artwork Details
- Title: Jar with Dragons and Floral Designs
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)
- Date: late 17th–early 18th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under a transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
- Dimensions: H. (at finial) 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm); Dian. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Clark Thompson, 1923
- Object Number: 24.80.150a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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1713–22
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17th century
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dated 1774
Tibet or Mongolia
17th century
Central Tibet
ca. 1700
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