Object Details
- Description
- A blue and white Yen-Yen vase, Kangxi period (A.D. 1662-1722). The tall baluster-form body and trumpet neck painted with a continuous scene of deer in a rocky landscape with vegetation, all drawn in a brilliant underglaze-blue of violet tone, good condition except for one small chip in the foot.
- Provenance
- To 1991
- Pierre Durand, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, NY, to 1991
- From 1991
- Freer Gallery of Art, given by Pierre Durand in 1991
- 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
- mid 17th-early 18th century
- Period
- Qing dynasty
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- Topic
- ceramic
- landscape
- Jingdezhen ware
- deer
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- 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 Pierre Durand
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Accession Number
- F1991.51
- Type
- Vessel
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 45.7 × 20.3 cm (18 × 8 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Record ID
- fsg_F1991.51
Related Object Groups
3D Model