Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 18 × 10.1 cm (7 1/16 × 4 in)
Style:
Jingdezhen ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
Date:
mid 17th-early 18th century
Period:
Qing dynasty
Description:
A pair of blue and white molded porcelain beaker vases [F1992.47.1 and .2] decorated with freely drawn feather, foliate scroll and scattered flowerheads, each with a leaf or conch shell "emblem" mark on base.
Part of a five-piece garniture set with three jars, F1992.47.3a-b through .5a-b.
Provenance:
To 1992
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, NY, to 1992
From 1992
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from The Chinese Porcelain Company in 1992
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
The Peacock Room in Blue and White (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)