Object Details
- Description
- Bottle-shaped vase, pear shape with long, tapering neck. One of a pair with F1982.20.
- Clay: white porcelain.
- Glaze: clear porcelain glaze.
- Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue. On body, rockery with flowering plants, ground filled with foliate floral scrolls; on neck flowering branches; hatched borders; brown glaze on lip.
- Provenance
- George Aristides Eumorfopoulous (1863-1939), London [1]
- To 1982
- Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. (1906-1992) and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000), New York to 1982
- From 1982
- Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk in 1982
- Notes:
- [1] According to Curatorial Note 4 in the object record.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Peacock Room in Blue and White [2019-2022] (May 18, 2019 to June 1, 2022)
- Chinamania (2016) (July 9, 2016 to June 4, 2017)
- The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)
- Previous custodian or owner
- George Aristedes Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939)
- Myron S. Falk, Jr. (1906-1992)
- Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000)
- Date
- 1662-1722
- Period
- Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- Topic
- ceramic
- flower
- Jingdezhen ware
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)
- cobalt pigment
- China
- porcelain
- Chinese Art
- On View
- Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr.
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Accession Number
- F1982.19a-b
- Type
- Vessel
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 18.8 × 10 cm (7 3/8 × 3 15/16 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Record ID
- fsg_F1982.19a-b
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