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Hampshire"},{"label":"Genre","value":["Artifacts"]},{"label":"Object Location","value":"CG.3"},{"label":"Date","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1662 - D:00 M:00 Y:1722"},{"label":"Date Original","value":"17th-18th century CE (1662-1722 CE)"},{"label":"Era","value":["Kangxi reign","Qing dynasty"]},{"label":"Measurement","value":"Height: 42.4 cm; Width: 15.3 cm"},{"label":"Medium","value":["Ceramic"]},{"label":"Country of Origin","value":["China"]},{"label":"Description","value":"This is a large square vase with a flaring mouth, a short neck, angular shoulders, a four-sided body and a tall, splayed footring. Overall its exterior is decorated with three registers of designs. The first register on the lower part of the neck is a band of adjoining long dark green and short light green plantain leaves on a white background. The angular shoulders are primarily adorned with moulded continuous white plum blossoms with green leaves against a pierced background. The outmost borders are solid and painted in green. The plum blossom, one of sui han san you (Three Friends of Winter, namely pine, bamboo and plum, which still keep their integrity when all other plants wither and their leaves fall), is important to the Chinese as a symbol of longevity and good fortune. The third and main register on the four-sided body bears five-color overglaze scenes of aristocratic life in relief with the outmost borders in a thin layer of white glaze. All of the backgrounds are pierced. As deduced by their dress, the figures represented here may not be the Han people (or Chinese). It is probable that they are minorities who live in northern China. On one side a man is seated in a cart that is being pulled by a horse through a forest that has several pine trees. The pine tree is a symbol of longevity and steadfastness in China. There are two attendants flanking the horse; the one on the left is about to whip the horse while the other on the right carries two loads of luggage on his shoulders with the help of a pole. The scene to the right contains eleven male figures who are probably discussing some important business in a typically of Chinese style hall. Most of the people look like they are aristocrats. Six of them sit at a large table on which there is an open book, an incense burner and two piles of books. Three more are seated at a smaller table, two of whom may be servants. The other two seem to be standing at a balcony. The next scene to the right involves three oxen and two male figures surrounded by a willow (emblematic of spring and female beauty), a pine tree and grass. Two of the animals seem to be in a contest while the two men look on. One man holds a staff (which is reminiscent of a shepherd's staff) in his left hand. They could be tending a herd. The fourth scene has five men, one of whom sports a red cap, standing around a table with an incense burner and an open book. This red cap seems to symbolize his highest status in the group. The setting is also that of a typical Chinese hall. There is another man who seems to be just arriving and dismounting from his horse. He may be a messenger and is about to report to the people standing around the table. Chinese roses in many colors are illustrated on the upper part of each scene. Four green bats are depicted in the corners of all the scenes on a white background. The Chinese rose is symbolic of the youth. The bat is a pun for the word 'fu' meaning good fortune. The exterior and the base of the splayed footring are thinly glazed in white and do not bear any decoration. The bottom rim of the footring is unglazed, exposing the dark buff body. On the base of the footring there is a raised reign mark \"da qing kang xi nian zhi\" in seal script and three columns. The genuine Kangxi reign marks on large colorful vessels are all in standard script rather than seal script. Therefore, the reign mark here is a later copy. Actually this type of Kangxi reign mark in seal script frequently appeared on the porcelain vessels that were produced during the late Qing period, from approximately 1890 to 1910. Thus, this large square vase should be dated approximately from 1890 to 1910 as well."},{"label":"Title","value":"Ceramic vase"},{"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/707"}],"description":"Ceramic vase","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/5882185f-b24a-45d5-b973-32b7f833a409/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Ceramic vase","height":768,"width":510,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/5882185f-b24a-45d5-b973-32b7f833a409/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/5882185f-b24a-45d5-b973-32b7f833a409","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/5882185f-b24a-45d5-b973-32b7f833a409/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/5882185f-b24a-45d5-b973-32b7f833a409/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/5882185f-b24a-45d5-b973-32b7f833a409/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/logo"}