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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
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Chinese Qing Dynasty (artist)
"Beehive" Water Pot, late 19th century
porcelain with yellow glaze
overall: 7.9 x 12.7 cm (3 1/8 x 5 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.502
From the Tour: Chinese Porcelains
Object 11 of 24

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falsely inscribed in standard script on the base in three vertical columns of two characters each: Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi (made in the Kangxi reign of the great Qing dynasty)

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