The four-character mark on the base of this vase indicates that it was made in Jingdezhen and then sent to Beijing to be decorated in the imperial workshops by painters who were trained in using Western perspective and shading.
Credit: John L. Severance Fund
1736-95
Porcelain with decoration in colored fa-lang enamels, guyuexuan ware
15.4cm
1963.514
Image and text: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023
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