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Vase, one of a pair with F1982.21

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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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
Metadata Usage
Usage conditions apply
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye325f43149-bac0-4cce-b6c5-964223f9a168

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    Blue and White Ceramics

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