Object Details
- Description
- Vase, one of a pair with F1982.21.
- Clay: white porcelain.
- Glaze: clear porcelain glaze.
- Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Fishermen in landscape. Conventionalized band at base of neck.
- Wood stand.
- Provenance
- To 1938
- Possibly Myron S. Falk, Sr. (1878-1945), Greenwich, Connecticut, to September 1938 [1]
- From possibly 1938 to 1982
- Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. (1906-1992) and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000), New York, possibly given by Myron S. Falk Sr. in September 1938 [2]
- From 1982
- Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk in April 1982 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] It is known that Myron S. Falk Jr and his wife Pauline received several blue-and-white Kangxi porcelains as a gift from Myron S. Falk Sr. on occasion of his sixtieth birthday in 1938.
- F1982.22 may have been among them. See Myron S. Falk to Pauline B. Falk, September 13, 1938, Pauline B. and Myron S. Falk Jr. Papers, Freer and Sackler Archives. See also Thomas Lawton Interview of Pauline Falk, December 14, 1995, Transcript, p. 22-23.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The objects were formally accessioned to the Freer Gallery of Art collection in April 1982, see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, where the object is listed together with F1982.21 among the proposed acquisitions, approved on April 23, 1982.
- 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
- Myron S. Falk, Jr. (1906-1992)
- Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000)
- Date
- mid 17th-early 18th century
- Period
- Qing dynasty
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- Topic
- ceramic
- landscape
- Jingdezhen ware
- fishing
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- cobalt pigment
- China
- porcelain
- Chinese Art
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr.
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Accession Number
- F1982.22a-b
- Type
- Vessel
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 43.2 × 20.5 cm (17 × 8 1/16 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Record ID
- fsg_F1982.22a-b
Related Object Groups
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