H x Diam (assembled): 26 × 20.9 cm (10 1/4 × 8 1/4 in)
Style:
Jingdezhen ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
Date:
1662-1722
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 base of body: oval paper label, "The Leonard Gow Collection, #33" (two of these); "Chinese Exhibition Manchester, 1936 Art Gallery 6572"; and "Royal Academy of Arts, London. International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-6. ser. nos 1542, owner Dr. Leonard Gow Herensburgh."
Provenance:
To ?
Leonard Gow (1859-1936), Glasgow, Scotland. [1]
To 1951
Mr. Alfred H. and Mrs. Margaret M. Caspary. [2]
From 1951 to 1995
Philadelphia Museum of Art, gift of Alfred and Margaret Caspary. [3]
From 1995
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. [4]
Notes:
[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
[2] See note 1.
[3] See note 1.
[4] The jar was deaccessioned from the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s collection through a sale initiated in late 1994, when the Freer Gallery of Art purchased it. See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
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)
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)
