Object Details
- Description
- One of a pair of blue ground porcelain dishes early Kangxi period, each shallow circular saucer decorated in the center with a pair of zhilong and ruyi scrolls reserved in white on blue wash grounds, the rim with widely spaced foliate motifs also reserved in white on blue grounds and the underside with bamboo sprays.
- Provenance
- To 1992
- John Gruber, New York to 1992
- From 1992
- Freer Gallery of Art, given by John Gruber in 1992
- 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
- John Gruber
- Date
- mid 17th-early 18th century
- Period
- Qing dynasty
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- Topic
- ceramic
- dragon
- flower
- Jingdezhen ware
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- 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 Mr. John Gruber in memory of John Alexander Pope
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Accession Number
- F1992.7
- Type
- Vessel
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 3.2 × 21.6 cm (1 1/4 × 8 1/2 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Record ID
- fsg_F1992.7
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
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