Vase with Golden Pheasants
Unknown Artist
1736–95
Medium
porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over transparent glaze
Dimensions
18.6 × 10.5 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1971.145
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The flower-and-bird painting in this vase was intricately executed in colored enamels (falangcai), with careful modeling, shading, and blending of colors reflecting European influences through missionary-artists at the Qing court. The Jesuit artist Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766), in particular, exerted tremendous impact at the Qianlong academy.