Baluster-shaped vase

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Object Details

Description

Vase (a), baluster-shaped; with wooden lid and stand (b-c).

Clay: porcelain.

Glaze: clear, feldspathic.

Decoration: figures and landscape, painted in underglaze cobalt blue.

Provenance

To 1980

Margaret Garber Blue, Washington, DC, to 1980

From 1980

Freer Gallery of Art, bequeathed by Margaret Garber Blue in 1980

Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History

The Peacock Room in Blue and White [2019-2022] (May 18, 2019 to June 1, 2022)

Chinamania (2016) (July 9, 2016 to June 4, 2017)

The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)

Previous custodian or owner

Margaret Garber Blue (1897-1979)

Credit Line

Bequest of Margaret Garber Blue

Date

19th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Accession Number

F1980.14a-c

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Vessel

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

H x Diam: 29.1 × 23.4 cm (11 7/16 × 9 3/16 in)

Style

Jingdezhen ware

Origin

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

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National Museum of Asian Art

Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

ceramic

landscape