H x Diam (assembled): 25.1 × 20.1 cm (9 7/8 × 7 15/16 in)
Style:
Jingdezhen ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
Date:
mid 17th-early 18th century
Period:
Qing dynasty
Description:
Cobalt decoration under colorless glaze. Crenellated border design at neck. Cracked ice diaper background with decoration of prunus branches with blossoms, ending in a double blue line at base above foot. Mouth and foot rims unglazed.
Inscriptions:
Old labels on bottom: oval paper labels, "The Leonard Gow Collection" and "34" (two of these); plain oval jagged edge paper sticker with "#401" written on it; "Glasgow Art Galleries and Museum. Reg. no. E6-'36ax." Old PMA number painted on bottom: "55-50-197a."
Provenance:
Leonard Gow, Glasgow, Scotland [1]
To 1955
Mr. Alfred H. (1877-1955) and Mrs. Margaret M. (died 1953) Caspary, New York to 1955 [2]
From 1955 to 1995
Philadelphia Museum of Art, given as part of The Alfred and Margaret Caspary Memorial Gift in 1955 [3]
From 1995
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1995. [4]
Notes:
[1] See object file, Colections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
[3] See note 1.
[4] See note 1.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
The Peacock Room in Blue and White (May 18, 2019 to June 1, 2022)
Chinamania (2010) (August 7, 2010 to August 7, 2011)
Inaugural Exhibition (1956)
Untitled Exhibition, Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, 1937 (1937)
International Exhibition of Chinese Art (November 28, 1935 to March 7, 1936)
The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)
