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Hampshire; A note from Dr. Frank Kramer's folder \"Oriental Art-Inventory/Copy #1 (in Kramer's box 4, file #17), refers to this item as: \"Matched pair 18th century onion-mouthed vases 12\" tall, Kang Hsi style, 5-color pattern Imperial 5-clawed dragon.\""},{"label":"Genre","value":["Artifacts"]},{"label":"Object Location","value":"C.20"},{"label":"Date","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1800 - D:00 M:00 Y:1900"},{"label":"Date Original","value":"19th century CE"},{"label":"Era","value":["Late Qing dynasty"]},{"label":"Measurement","value":"Height: 30.5 cm (approximate); Diameter at mouth: 3 cm; Original black wood stand"},{"label":"Medium","value":["Porcelain, dou cai (contrasting colors), underglaze blue, oveglaze red, yellow, green and black, wood","Porcelain"]},{"label":"Country of Origin","value":["China"]},{"label":"Description","value":"Each of these two garlic head vases has a short dish-shaped mouth, a waisted neck, a pear-shaped belly tapering to the bottom, and a footring. The exterior of both vases is primarily decorated with dou cai* (contrasting colors) designs. The first register, on the border of the dish-shaped mouth, depicts evenly spaced flower buds in underglaze blue. Below are zigzag patterns against a green background of overglaze black oblique lines. The bulging garlic head is adorned with a band of ruyi (as you wish) cloud pendants in underglaze blue and overglaze red. On the neck are continuous peony scrolls in overglaze black, yellow and red as the primary motifs and overglaze green man cao wen (coiling vine and leaves design) as the supplemental motifs on a white ground. The peony, known as fu gui hua (the flower of wealth and rank), conveys a wish for official rank in the emperor's civil service as well as a salary and perquisites to ensure wealth. The pear-shaped belly mainly represents shuang long xi zhu wen (two-dragons-fighting-over-a-pearl design) underneath a band of hui wen (key fret pattern) in underglaze blue and overglaze red. Both dragons have double antlers and five claws which were symbolic of the imperial emperor in ancient China. Surrounded by overglaze red flaming pearls and three-color (namely overglaze yellow, green and black) ruyi clouds, they are almost all in underglaze blue except for their green beard and yellow antlers. The shuang long xi zhu wen first appeared on Yue ware vessels of the Five Dynasties (907-960) and is often seen on Ming and Qing official wares. It is usually emblematic of good fortune and a good harvest year because the dragon is believed to be the god of rain, who brings thunder, lightning, rain and thus fertility and abundance to the land. On the bottom of the belly is a band of detached petal-like patterns in overglaze yellow and black on a green ground. The border of the footring is depicted with stylized semicircular patterns in underglaze blue and overglaze red. On the bottom of the footring there is a reign mark da qing kang xi nian zhi (Made during the Kangxi reign of the Great Qing; 1662-1722) in underglaze blue, standard script and three columns, however the vases are Qing dynasty reproductions. Both their shape and depiction of the dragons are not in the Kangxi style. The dragons here seem to follow the Guangxu model (1875-1908) a great deal. They display a good grade of workmanship. *This term, in its broad sense, refers to a painted decoration combining the underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome. The tem dou cai first occurred in Nan Yao Bi Ji (Notes on the Southern Wares, 1730s-40s). It has been suggested that a term used in the Ming dynasty 'qing hua jian zhuang wu cai' (overglaze decoration complemented by underglaze blue) referred to the same technique. During the Xuande reign of the Ming dynasty, the underglaze blue was combined with the overglaze five-colors to form a design. However, strictly speaking, dou cai was invented in the Chenghua reign when part of the design was drawn in underglaze blue on the body. After the vessel was coated with a layer of transparent glaze and fired, the overglaze pigments were added to complete the design. Dou cai wares continued to flourish during the Jiajing and Wanli reigns of the Ming dynasty and continued into the Kangxi reign of the Qing. The enamels on the fen cai (famille rose) palette were used in the dou cai decoration during the Yongzheng reign."},{"label":"Title","value":"Pair of dou cai (contrasting colors) garlic head vases"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Materials available through GettDigital encompass a wide range of works, many of which are in the public domain. However, some items may still be protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. 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For assistance in understanding rights, obtaining permissions, or requesting files for publication or research purposes, please contact us at <a href=\"www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/ask-an-archivist\">www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/ask-an-archivist</a>"},{"label":"Reference URL","value":"http://cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4016coll6/id/1988"}],"description":"Pair of dou cai (contrasting colors) garlic head vases","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/25b33d02-6760-4685-9c5e-dc1e0798b6b4/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Pair of dou cai (contrasting colors) garlic head vases","height":2888,"width":1512,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/25b33d02-6760-4685-9c5e-dc1e0798b6b4/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/25b33d02-6760-4685-9c5e-dc1e0798b6b4","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":1024,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":2888,"width":1512},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/25b33d02-6760-4685-9c5e-dc1e0798b6b4/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/25b33d02-6760-4685-9c5e-dc1e0798b6b4/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/25b33d02-6760-4685-9c5e-dc1e0798b6b4/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/logo"}