A SACRIFICIAL BLUE GLAZED BALUSTER VASE, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY China. Of elegant form, rising from a tapered foot to a trumped neck, the exterior covered overall in an exceptionally rich deep-blue glaze, the everted rim and interior glazed white. The recessed base with a double circle in underglaze blue.

Provenance: The Strong National Museum of Play, accession number 78.17.36 (lacquered to base). Margaret Woodbury Strong (1897-1969) grew up in a prosperous family of collectors. Her interests ranged so widely that by 1960 she had amassed more than 27,000 collectible items and works of art. The vast majority of her collections related in some way to play and as her accumulation grew, Margaret planned a museum to house her collection. It eventually opened to the public in 1982, and grew dramatically over the following decades, expanding its collections, facilities, and resources, now spanning over 285,000 square feet. Today, the Strong National Museum of Play (known as just The Strong Museum or simply The Strong) is the only collections-based museum in the world devoted solely to the study of play.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor old wear and some manufacturing flaws, including minor pitting.

Weight: 1,048 g
Dimensions: Height 29.9 cm

The rich cobalt blue seen on the present vase is sometimes referred to as 'sacrificial blue'. This name derives from the use of vessels bearing this specific glaze during sacrifices at the Imperial Altar of Heaven in the Ming dynasty.


十八至十九世紀霽藍釉瓶
中國。瓶口外撇，束頸，溜肩，淺弧腹，圈足。外壁施霽藍釉，瓶内白釉。圈足内青花雙圈。

來源：紐約Strong 國立美術館，收藏編號 78.17.36 (見瓶底)。Margaret Woodbury Strong (1897-1969) 成長於一個富裕的收藏家家庭。她的興趣範圍非常廣泛，到 1960 年爲止，她已經積累了 27,000 多件收藏品和藝術品。她的絕大多數收藏都以特定方式與玩耍有關，隨著她的收藏不斷擴大，Margaret計劃建立一個博物館來展示她的收藏。美術館最終於 1982 年向公眾開放，並在接下來的幾十年裡，其收藏、設施和資源急速擴大，現在佔地超過 285,000 平方英尺。 今天，Strong 國立游戲美術館（簡稱為 The Strong 美術館館或簡稱為 The Strong）是世界上唯一一家專注於遊戲研究的以收藏為基礎的博物館。
品相：狀況良極好，有輕微磨損和一些製造缺陷，包括輕微的點蝕。

重量：1,048 克
尺寸：高29.9 厘米

霽藍釉也被稱爲 “祭藍釉”，因爲此藍釉器皿多用於皇家祭祀蒼天。