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Medium:
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Dimensions:
H x W x D (assembled): 27.2 × 18.6 × 14.6 cm (10 11/16 × 7 5/16 × 5 3/4 in)
Style:
Jingdezhen ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
Date:
mid 17th-early 18th century
Period:
Qing dynasty
Description:
A blue and white two-handled vase and cover of bulbous form with wide, straight neck and low-domed cover; the short splayed foot decorated with band of herringbone beneath stylized scrolls; the body with two opposite barbed quatrefoil panels; each panel enclosing two overlapping trapezoid shape fans with herringbone borders and interior scenes; the fans surrounded by various Buddhist symbols; the exterior of the quatrefoil panels each with lotus plant emerging from the foot; the low domed cover with short splayed lip and decorated with a large central quatrefoil panel with each quarter enclosing a different Buddhist emblem; the blue bud-form finial forming the center of the quatrefoil flower; the sinuous S-form handles each with lower molded scroll painted with meandering vine to the molded blue mask on the upper curve of the handle; the sharply cut footrim unglazed; the base glazed white.
Provenance:
To 1993
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, NY, to 1993
From 1993
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from The Chinese Porcelain Company in 1993
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)
Previous custodian or owner:
The Chinese Porcelain Company (Established 1984)
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Buddhism  Search this
Jingdezhen ware  Search this
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
lotus  Search this
cobalt pigment  Search this
China  Search this
porcelain  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — funds provided by the Friends of Asian Arts
Accession Number:
F1993.10a-b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3074f9e80-f00d-4c8e-8c6a-39b32543b2dd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1993.10a-b