Object Details
- Description
- Tall blue and white glazed porcelain vase, with bulbous lower body, cylindrical center body with pinched "snake" handles and slightly outflaring rim. Porcelain body with dark blue cobalt underglaze with gray-blue-white glaze. Floral decorative patterns.
- Provenance
- To 1992
- Mr. Dries Blitz, Amsterdam, to 1992
- From 1992
- Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mr. Dries Blitz 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
- Mr. Dries Blitz
- Date
- 1662-1722
- Period
- Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- Topic
- ceramic
- flower
- Jingdezhen ware
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- 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 Dries Blitz in memory of Dr. J. Blitz
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Accession Number
- F1992.56
- Type
- Vessel
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 24.2 × 13.1 cm (9 1/2 × 5 3/16 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Record ID
- fsg_F1992.56
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
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