Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Vase with slightly bulging body and expanding neck

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                    Vase with slightly bulging body and expanding neck, Glasgow Museums
Vase with slightly bulging body and expanding neck, Glasgow Museums

The Thompson catalogue described the subject as one of two similar vases:

'Pair of Vases, with slightly bulging bodies and expanding necks. On one a band of six musicians, with female dancing on a carpet, in the presence of lady of rank seated at a table, with two attendants at her side: round the neck, bamboo leaves and ornamental band: round the foot a running leaf pattern. On the other vase, a mandarin or person of rank, seated at a table in a pavilion surrounded by warriors and attendants, is addressing a sage who, standing in front of a table, is apparently inscribing upon a scroll the words addressed to him: without, a warrior carrying a standard attended by another bearing an offering: round the neck, bamboo leaves and ornamental bands: round the foot running leaf pattern. Mark, Ta Ming Ching-hwa nien chi. A.D. 1465-1468. Height, 10 inches.' 1

This is the second vase described above, showing, at upper left, the mandarin sitting at a table.

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] , pp. 15-16 (cat. no. 74) repr. pl. 12.

Last updated: 17th March 2021 by Margaret