Vase with 'One Hundred Deer' Motif, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century, China, Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels (Jingdezhen ware), H. 18 in. (45.7 cm); W. 14 in. (35.6 cm); Diam. of rim: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Diam. of foot: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm), Ceramics, Although deer have appeared in Chinese painting and decorative arts for centuries, the theme of one hundred deer in a landscape was an eighteenth-century innovation. The Chinese term for 'one hundred deer,' bai lu, is a homonym for the numerous economic, cultural, and social benefits that could accrue during the course of an official career, and the theme can thus be read as a wish to attain such a position
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Vase, Hundred Deer, Motif, Qing dynasty, 1644–1911, 18th century, China, Porcelain painted, overglaze enamels, Jingdezhen ware, H, 18, 45.7 cm, W, 14, 35.6, Diam, rim, 6 1/2, 16.5, foot, 9, 24.1, Ceramics, deer, appeared, Chinese painting, decorative arts, centuries, theme, hundred deer, landscape, eighteenth-century innovation term, bai lu, homonym, numerous economic, cultural, social benefits, accrue, course, official career, thus, read, wish, attain, position
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