Object Details
- Description
- Pear-shaped bottle with faceted sides, Kraakporselein.
- Clay: porcelain, light gray. Mold-formed in three pieces, joined at the neck and widest parts of the body.
- Glaze: translucent, somewhat milky. Interior glazed; base inside of foot glazed with an irregular unglazed patch. Firing grit and some glaze adhering to edge of footrim, scars where some grit cut away.
- Decoration: in underglaze cobalt, deep blue-gray wash and blackish-blue line; body divided into six vertical panels, following molded faceting, filled with motifs of plummeting horse and waves and peony plant and rock, in alternation, separated by narrow panels of "dot and dash" motif; shoulder decorated with lappets filled with "tassels" below link collar, dots above; overlapping semicircles below plain rim edged with line.
- Provenance
- To 1988
- Mrs. Karol Kirberger Rodriguez, Alexandria, VA, to 1988
- From 1988
- Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mrs. Karol Kirberger Rodriguez in 1988
- 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
- Mrs. Karol Kirberger Rodriguez
- Date
- late 16th-early 17th century
- Period
- Ming dynasty
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- Topic
- ceramic
- plant
- peony
- Jingdezhen ware
- horse
- Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- cobalt pigment
- China
- porcelain
- Chinese Art
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Credit Line
- Gift of Karol Kirberger Rodriguez
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Accession Number
- F1989.1
- Type
- Vessel
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 27.2 × 15.4 cm (10 11/16 × 6 1/16 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Record ID
- fsg_F1989.1
Related Object Groups
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