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Hampshire"},{"label":"Genre","value":["Artifacts"]},{"label":"Object Location","value":"C.6"},{"label":"Date","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1661 - D:00 M:00 Y:1722"},{"label":"Date Original","value":"17th-18th century CE (1661-1722 CE)"},{"label":"Era","value":["Kangxi reign","Qing dynasty"]},{"label":"Measurement","value":"Height: 21 cm; Width at mouth: 3 cm; Width at belly: 8 cm (approximate); Width at bottom: 7 cm"},{"label":"Medium","value":["Ceramic"]},{"label":"Country of Origin","value":["China"]},{"label":"Description","value":"The powder blue glaze or chui ging is a blue glaze porcelain fired in the official kiln Jingdezhen in the Kangxi reign of the Qing dynasty to imitate a blue glaze from the Xuande reign of the Ming. YU LI HUNG is a glaze relatively unknown to art collectors since it has not been produced any longer after the Qianlong period. The Chinese called it YU LI HUNG, which to them means red inside the oil. Looking at it carefully in bright sunlight, it looks like drops of oil with a bright red color in each drop. Certain degrees of iron oxides in different concentration and under different firing conditions are the most commonly used to achieve this monochrome soft lavender blue glaze. The glaze is blown onto the body through a bamboo tube covered with gauze at one end; the vessel is coated with a layer of transparent glaze and fired at a high temperature. The vase appears to consist of numerous tiny blue dots or snowflakes and is known as sprinkle blue (sa lan), or fish-roe blue (yu zi lan). Although the base of this vase suggests the form of a gallipot, its long cylindrical neck actually affirms that it belongs to the category of the hand-bell vase yao ling zun, which was popular in the Kangxi period. The slender neck has a beautiful ivory tone resembling curdled milk. This ivory tone of the Kangxi blue-and-white is due to the presence of a minute quantity of iron and the use of an iodizing atmosphere to finish off the firing. It is decorated with a red three-clawed full-faced dragon, zheng mian long, leaping amidst clouds. The dragon/vase has a small mouth, broad shoulders, an elongated globular belly, and a tapered base. These little blue vases with a red three-clawed full-faced dragon are probably dated to the end of the Kangxi era. They bear a six-character reign mark on the base (da qing kang xi nian zhi) meaning 'Made during the Kangxi reign of the Great Qing' in regular script. T The long reign of the Emperor Kangxi saw the beginning of what art historians refer to as the golden age of Qing porcelain, which exhibits several changes in style. The blue-and-white porcelains of this period continued a decorative tradition of 350 years' standing. Those made in the imperial kilns like this vase are highly valued. These late Kangxi blue vases are fine examples of the pure, deep, luminous blue. They are almost identical. However, one of the vases is slightly smaller and the neck has a straighter cylindrical shape. Although it has the same dragon decorative motif, the red tone is lighter."},{"label":"Title","value":"Pair of Kangxi Blue 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. Users are responsible for determining the copyright status of materials and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws when reproducing or publishing these works. Items in our GettDigital Collections are for educational use. 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/2251"}],"description":"Pair of Kangxi Blue Vases","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/35c97597-2a5b-4015-a8d8-9f8baa6755f7/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"gaa_pair-of-kangxi-blue-vases_h2_410","height":768,"width":510,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/0a9d55c4-e559-44d0-87be-87f4a0aed58c/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/0a9d55c4-e559-44d0-87be-87f4a0aed58c","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2]}]},"height":768,"width":510},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/35c97597-2a5b-4015-a8d8-9f8baa6755f7/canvas/_1","metadata":[{"label":"Identifier","value":"gaa_pair-of-kangxi-blue-vases_h2_410"},{"label":"Title","value":"Porcelain vase"},{"label":"Medium","value":"Powder-blue ceramic; Ceramics"},{"label":"Object Location","value":"C.9"},{"label":"Reference URL","value":"http://cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4016coll6/id/410"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/0a9d55c4-e559-44d0-87be-87f4a0aed58c/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/35c97597-2a5b-4015-a8d8-9f8baa6755f7/canvas/_2","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"gaa_porcelain-vase_h2","height":1995,"width":1822,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/51eaa0a3-ce83-43f0-8daa-2ded93d0ddeb/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/51eaa0a3-ce83-43f0-8daa-2ded93d0ddeb","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"},"height":1995,"width":1822},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/35c97597-2a5b-4015-a8d8-9f8baa6755f7/canvas/_2","metadata":[{"label":"Identifier","value":"gaa_porcelain-vase_h2"},{"label":"Title","value":"Bottom"},{"label":"Accessioning Note","value":"The fact that the H2 vase has a darker red color tone and a slightly larger shape than the H1 raises the question whether they were actually produced as a matching pair or as a \"male and female\" pair.)"},{"label":"Description","value":"The powder blue glaze or chui ging is a blue glaze porcelain fired in the official kiln Jingdezhen in the Kangxi reign of the Qing dynasty to imitate a blue glaze from the Xuande reign of the Ming. 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Although the base of this vase suggests the form of a gallipot, its long cylindrical neck actually affirms that it belongs to the category of the hand-bell vase yao ling zun, which was popular in the Kangxi period. The slender neck has a beautiful ivory tone resembling curdled milk. This ivory tone of the Kanxi blue-and-white is due to the presence of a minute quantity of iron and the use of an iodizing atmosphere to finish off the firing. It is decorated with a red three-clawed full-faced dragon, zheng mian long, leaping amidst clouds. The dragon/vase has a small mouth, broad shoulders, an elongated globular belly, and a tapered base. These little blue vases with a red three-clawed full-faced dragon are probably dated to the end of the Kangxi era. They bear a six-character reign mark on the base (da qing kang xi nian zhi) meaning 'Made during the Kangxi reign of the Great Qing' in regular script. 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