Jingdezhen kilns
Vase Decorated with the Three Star Gods (Longevity, Happiness, Riches)
1700-1721
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Jingdezhen kilns
Vase Decorated with the Three Star Gods (Longevity, Happiness, Riches)
1700-1721
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration on powder blue ground, 17 11/16 H x 7 5/16 Diam. in. (45 x 18.5 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.47.40
The God of Longevity with his distinctive high forehead carries a peach of immortality,
accompanied by a bowing crane with outspread wings. Greeting him
are the God of Happiness (fu) dressed in a green robe with two of his three
sons, and Riches or Official Salary (lu) dressed in an orange robe wearing an
official’s cap. Visible from the right side of the case is the third son of the God
of Happiness, the dancing crane, and an upside down bat swooping overhead.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996 (on loan 1966-1996); Maryland Institute College of Art, by 1911; Henry Walters, by bequest, 1909; George A. Lucas, Paris
"Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Art Collection," The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 1911.
"Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Art Collection," The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, 1911, no. 689, p. 109.
