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.
- 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
- 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
- Pierre Durand
- Date
- 1662-1722
- Period
- Qing dynasty
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- Topic
- ceramic
- 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
- F1992.48.1
- Type
- Vessel
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 2.4 × 25.5 cm (15/16 × 10 1/16 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Record ID
- fsg_F1992.48.1
3D Model