Bottle-shaped vase

Bottle-shaped vase, with wood stand.

Clay: white porcelain.
Glaze: clear porcelain glaze.
Decoration: painted in underglaze blue. Phoenix standing with wings spread on ground of overall cloud motifs. Cloud band below lip.

Wood stand, previously not recorded.

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Historical period(s)
Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign, 1662-1722
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
Style
Jingdezhen ware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 23.3 Ɨ 12.5 cm (9 3/16 Ɨ 4 15/16 in)
Geography
China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1982.18a-b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Vase

Keywords
China, cloud, cobalt pigment, Jingdezhen ware, Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722), phoenix, porcelain, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Provenance

To 1982
Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. (1906-1992) and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000), New York to 1982

From 1982
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk in 1982

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Myron S. Falk, Jr. 1906-1992
Pauline Baerwald Falk 1910-2000

Description

Bottle-shaped vase, with wood stand.

Clay: white porcelain.
Glaze: clear porcelain glaze.
Decoration: painted in underglaze blue. Phoenix standing with wings spread on ground of overall cloud motifs. Cloud band below lip.

Wood stand, previously not recorded.

Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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