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

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Vase with slightly bulging body

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                    Vase with slightly bulging body, Freer Gallery of Art
Vase with slightly bulging body, Freer Gallery of Art

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

'Two Vases, with slightly bulging bodies. On one a lady rising to receive a petition: behind her an attendant, to the right three men standing by a table; large palm trees: round the neck detached flowers: on the covers boys playing. On the companion vase, a mandarin or person of rank carrying scrolls and surrounded by attendants, receiving offerings: in the distance two soldiers bearing halberts: round the foot a small dotted pattern enclosed within lines. Mark, leaf. Height, 11 inches.' 1

This is the first vase described above.

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] , p. 15 (cat. no. 72) repr. pl. 12.

Last updated: 15th March 2021 by Margaret