Object Details
- Description
- Cobalt decoration under colorless glaze. Crenellated border design at neck. Cracked ice diaper background with decoration of prunus branches with blossoms, ending in a double blue line at base above foot. Mouth and foot rims unglazed.
- Inscriptions
- Old labels on base of body: oval paper label, "The Leonard Gow Collection, #33" (two of these); "Chinese Exhibition Manchester, 1936 Art Gallery 6572"; and "Royal Academy of Arts, London. International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-6. ser. nos 1542, owner Dr. Leonard Gow Herensburgh."
- Provenance
- To ?
- Leonard Gow (1859-1936), Glasgow, Scotland. [1]
- To 1951
- Mr. Alfred H. and Mrs. Margaret M. Caspary. [2]
- From 1951 to 1995
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, gift of Alfred and Margaret Caspary. [3]
- From 1995
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. [4]
- Notes:
- [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] See note 1.
- [4] The jar was deaccessioned from the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s collection through a sale initiated in late 1994, when the Freer Gallery of Art purchased it. See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler's Peacock Room (July 13, 2024 to January 21, 2027)
- 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)
- Inaugural Exhibition (1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, 1937 (1937)
- International Exhibition of Chinese Art (November 28, 1935 to March 7, 1936)
- The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Leonard Gow (1859-1936)
- Alfred H. Caspary (1877-1955)
- Margaret M. Caspary (died 1953)
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Date
- 1662-1722
- Period
- Qing dynasty
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- Topic
- ceramic
- Jingdezhen ware
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- plum blossom
- cobalt pigment
- China
- porcelain
- Chinese Art
- On View
- Freer Gallery 11: Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler's Peacock Room
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Accession Number
- F1995.3.2a-b
- Type
- Vessel
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam (assembled): 26 × 20.9 cm (10 1/4 × 8 1/4 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Record ID
- fsg_F1995.3.2a-b
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