The remarkable collection of the Imperial Prince Kung of China
A 1913 auction catalogue published in New York by the American Art Association, documenting the Chinese porcelain and ceramics collection of Imperial Prince Kung, formerly owned by Charles Lang Freer, for prospective American buyers. The four plates show single vases on carved wooden stands, photographed against a plain cream ground. The dark monochrome glaze of the first vase, the crackled celadon-like sheen of the second, and the blue-and-white figural scenes on the third and fourth vases give a designer clear examples of glaze tone and painted narrative placement on tall baluster forms.
