Vase with Five Spouts

Culture: Chinese
Dynasty: Qing dynasty, 1644–1911
Period: Yongzheng period, 1722–1735
Date: early 18th century
Material: Jingdezhen ware; porcelain with clair-de-lune glaze
associated with: China, Asia
Classification: Ceramics, containers
Collection: Asian Art
Current Location: On View, Gallery 230
Dimensions: height: 15 3/8 in. (39.1 cm)
diameter of central mouth: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
diameter of body: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
diameter of foot: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 1120:1940

NOTES

This unusual flower vase has a tall central neck with a "garlic-head" mouth and four additional tapering spouts rising from the shoulders of the vessel. It is covered by an exceptionally luminous pale-blue glaze known by the French term claire-de-lune (moonlight). The center of the base features a six-character imperial reign mark in cobalt-blue reading Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi (made during the Yongzheng-reign period).

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