China Unknown
Unknown: Set of Miniatures Pink Goose Neck Vase

ceramic
4 x 2 x 2 in.
2015.225
Gift of Stephen and Sophie Mathonnet-VanderWell

This deep pink-colored vase was made during the Yongzheng Emperor’s rule (1723-1735) and has famille rose crimson pink glaze. It may also have some opaque lead-arsenic white glaze added to it to make it a lighter shade. Ceramics with this glaze are fired at a low temperature in an enameling or muffle kiln, around eight hundred degrees celsius.

A Scholar’s Studio: Chinese Works from the Mathonnet Collection
October 28 – December 12, 2016
The students involved in curating this show come from two classes – Carleton Professor Kathleen Ryor’s Arts of China and St. Olaf Professor Karil Kucera’s Visual Culture in Modern China