Bottle-shaped vase

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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.

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

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

Myron S. Falk, Jr. (1906-1992)

Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr.

Date

1662-1722

Period

Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign

Accession Number

F1982.18a-b

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Vessel

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze

Dimensions

H x Diam: 23.3 × 12.5 cm (9 3/16 × 4 15/16 in)

Style

Jingdezhen ware

Origin

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

On View

West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 12: The Peacock Room in Blue and White

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

ceramic

phoenix

Jingdezhen ware

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)

cloud

cobalt pigment

China

porcelain

Chinese Art

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