Vase

Vase, baluster type, sometimes called “yen-yen” vase, swelling body, long neck with trumpet mouth, flared slightly at base which rolls neatly to a wedge-shaped, unglazed foot-rim.
Clay: fine white Jingdezhen porcelain.
Glaze: transparent, glossy, some pin-holes especially on glazed base.
Decoration: painted in vivid underglaze cobalt blue, line and wash. Neck and body have similar design of pine needles, rocks and plants painted in blue on white ground and a prunus tree reserved in white and in slight relief against irregular areas of blue wash with feathery edges. Details are drawn in blue. Four blue lines separate neck and body areas; double lines under lip and at base. This design is also seen with magnolia subject.

Although there is no mark, it can be assigned to the Kangxi period.

Condition: excellent.

Wood stand, not previously recorded.

Historical period(s)
Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign, 1662-1722
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Style
Jingdezhen ware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 46 × 22.4 cm (18 1/8 × 8 13/16 in)
Geography
China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Credit Line
Purchase — funds provided by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1986.19a-b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Vase

Keywords
China, cobalt pigment, Jingdezhen ware, pine tree, plum blossom, porcelain, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), tree
Provenance

The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Viriginia [1]

To 1985
Trocadéro, Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, Inc., Washington, DC, to 1985

From 1985
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Trocadéro, Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, Inc. in 1985 [2]

Notes:

[1] According to information in the object record.

[2] Transferred from Freer Study Collection (FSC-P-3449) to the Permanent Collection on November 14, 1986.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Trocadéro, Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, Inc.
The Chrysler Museum

Description

Vase, baluster type, sometimes called "yen-yen" vase, swelling body, long neck with trumpet mouth, flared slightly at base which rolls neatly to a wedge-shaped, unglazed foot-rim.
Clay: fine white Jingdezhen porcelain.
Glaze: transparent, glossy, some pin-holes especially on glazed base.
Decoration: painted in vivid underglaze cobalt blue, line and wash. Neck and body have similar design of pine needles, rocks and plants painted in blue on white ground and a prunus tree reserved in white and in slight relief against irregular areas of blue wash with feathery edges. Details are drawn in blue. Four blue lines separate neck and body areas; double lines under lip and at base. This design is also seen with magnolia subject.

Although there is no mark, it can be assigned to the Kangxi period.

Condition: excellent.

Wood stand, not previously recorded.

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