Object Details
Description
Tea caddy with short upright neck, nearly horizontal shoulder, cylindrical body, and flat base; matching cylindrical lid with flat top.
Clay: porcelain.
Glaze: clear, colorless glaze.
Decoration: in cobalt pigment under the glaze, with design on vertical faces of lid and vessel of scattered Chinese coins, framed above and below by floral borders; on shoulder of vessel, four bats.
Mark: on base of vessel and top of lid: Jintang Faji.
Marks
On base of vessel and top of lid: Jintang Faji.
Provenance
By 1974
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New York City, acquired in Thailand, by 1974 [1]
From 2004
Freer Gallery of Art, given by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in 2004
Notes:
[1] This object was acquired by Doris Duke as part of a large collection of Southeast Asian art intended for use in a recreation of a Thai village to be built in Hawai'i. This project is described in Nancy Tingley, Doris Duke: The Southeast Asian Art Collection (New York: The Foundation for Southeast Asian Art and Culture, distributed by University of Hawai'i Press, 2003). Ms. Duke made purchasing trips to Bangkok in 1961, 1964, and 1965. In 1972 the collections were shipped to the Duke estate in New Jersey.
Additional buying trips in 1973 and 1974 were the last major occasions to acquire art for the project, which was never realized. While the dates the purchase of this object cannot be confirmed, it is probable that it was acquired in the early phase of shopping, in the 1960s (according to Curatorial Note 5, Louise A. Cort, April 5, 2004, in the object record).
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
Ceramics from Thailand (July 1, 2013 to March 2, 2014)
Previous custodian or owner
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (Established 1996)
Credit Line
Gift from Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection
Date
late 19th century
Period
Qing dynasty
Accession Number
F2004.36a-b
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear, colorless glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 11.5 × 8.2 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/4 in)
Style
Jingdezhen ware
Origin
Jingdezhen kilns, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
Related Online Resources
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
flower
Jingdezhen ware
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
tea
bat
cobalt pigment
China
porcelain
clear glaze
Chinese Art
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F2004.36a-b