cong-shaped vase with bagua motif, unknown maker from China

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cong-shaped vase with bagua motif
cong-shaped vase with bagua motif
cong-shaped vase with bagua motif
mid 1700s, mark and reign of Qianlong period (1736–1795), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
cong-shaped vase with bagua motif , mid 1700s, mark and reign of Qianlong period (1736–1795), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Where object was made: China
Material/technique: porcelain; glaze
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.1415.a,b
Not on display
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Empire of Things
The shape of this porcelain vase was based on a neolithic shape often made in jade. Along the sides are lines and dashes that represent bagua, or the eight trigrams. The eight tetragrams represent heaven, earth, water, fire, thunder, mountain, valley, and wind.
Cabinet of Curiosities
The shape of this porcelain vase was based on a neolithic shape often made in jade. Along the sides are lines and dashes that represent bagua, or the eight trigrams. The eight tetragrams represent heaven, earth, water, fire, thunder, mountain, valley, and wind.
Empire of Things
The shape of this porcelain vase was based on a neolithic shape often made in jade. Along the sides are lines and dashes that represent bagua, or the eight trigrams. The eight tetragrams represent heaven, earth, water, fire, thunder, mountain, valley, and wind.
Empire of Things
The shape of this porcelain vase was based on a neolithic shape often made in jade. Along the sides are lines and dashes that represent bagua, or the eight trigrams. The eight tetragrams represent heaven, earth, water, fire, thunder, mountain, valley, and wind.

Exhibitions

Brosseau Center for Learning: Whiteout
2022–2023
Empire of Things
Kris Ercums, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
2016–2021
Empire of Things
Kris Ercums, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
2013–2015
Reviving the Past: Antiquity & Antiquarianism in East Asian Art | Circuits of Exchange: The Global Taste for Blue-and-White Ceramics
Kris Ercums, curator
2009

Citations

Shankel, Carol. Sallie Casey Thayer and Her Collection. Lawrence, Kansas: The University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1976.