Bottle-shaped vase, one of a pair with F1982.20

One of a pair with F1982.20. Bottle-shaped vase, pear shape with long, tapering neck, called sprinklers.

Clay: white porcelain.
Glaze: clear porcelain glaze.
Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue. On body, rockery with flowering plants, ground filled with foliate floral scrolls; on neck flowering branches; hatched borders; brown glaze on lip.

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: 18.8 × 10 cm (7 3/8 × 3 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
F1982.19a-b
On View Location
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Vase

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

George Aristides Eumorfopoulous (1863-1939), London [1]

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

Notes:

[1] According to Curatorial Note 4 in the object record.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

George Aristedes Eumorfopoulos 1863-1939
Myron S. Falk, Jr. 1906-1992
Pauline Baerwald Falk 1910-2000

Description

One of a pair with F1982.20. Bottle-shaped vase, pear shape with long, tapering neck, called sprinklers.

Clay: white porcelain.
Glaze: clear porcelain glaze.
Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue. On body, rockery with flowering plants, ground filled with foliate floral scrolls; on neck flowering branches; hatched borders; brown glaze on lip.

Published References
  • Robert L. Hobson, W. Perceval Yetts. The George Eumorfopoulos Collection of Chinese, Corean, and Persian Pottery and Porcelain. 6 vols., London. vol. 5: p. 4, pl. 5.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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