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

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Oviform Vase

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                    Oviform Vase, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Oviform Vase, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

The Thompson catalogue described the subject of the study as one of a pair of vases:

'Pair of Oviform Vases. On one a procession of horse and foot soldiers, carrying banners, state umbrellas, and other badges of office; on the other a mandarin, attended by three warriors, addressing an official seated at a table writing with two attendants behind him. On the neck bamboo branches. The covers, which are decorated with a conventional leaf pattern, are surmounted by a small blue kylin. Height, 11 inches.' 1

The illustration shows the second of these, including two guards with spears at left, a warrior in front, and a mandarin at right, very roughly indicated in this study. The vase is lit from the left and a slight shdow is indicated behind and to right..

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] , pp. 2-3 (cat. no. 6) repr. pl. 1.

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