Object Details
- Description
- A pair of Chinese pottery blue and white plates, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Each plate with central roundel delicately painted with similar scenes of two small boys at play within a fenced garden watched from nearby by a graceful lady clutching a fan and also by a gentleman seated in a house with another small boy on a terrace above, the rim with ladies in a garden setting participating in leisure pursuits of various types, the reverse with a single floral spray encircling the rim, the vase with a large double floral spray bending to form a circle.
- Previous custodian or owner
- Pierre Durand
- Provenance
- To 1992
- Pierre Durand, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, NY, to 1992
- From 1992
- Freer Gallery of Art, given by Pierre Durand in 1992
- Date
- mid 17th-early 18th century
- Period
- Qing dynasty
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- Topic
- flower
- Jingdezhen ware
- playing
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- woman
- fan
- 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. Pierre Durand
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Accession Number
- F1992.48.2
- Type
- Vessel
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 2.1 × 25.2 cm (13/16 × 9 15/16 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Record ID
- fsg_F1992.48.2
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