Bottle

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Description

Pear-shaped bottle with faceted sides, Kraakporselein.

Clay: porcelain, light gray. Mold-formed in three pieces, joined at the neck and widest parts of the body.

Glaze: translucent, somewhat milky. Interior glazed; base inside of foot glazed with an irregular unglazed patch. Firing grit and some glaze adhering to edge of footrim, scars where some grit cut away.

Decoration: in underglaze cobalt, deep blue-gray wash and blackish-blue line; body divided into six vertical panels, following molded faceting, filled with motifs of plummeting horse and waves and peony plant and rock, in alternation, separated by narrow panels of "dot and dash" motif; shoulder decorated with lappets filled with "tassels" below link collar, dots above; overlapping semicircles below plain rim edged with line.

Provenance

To 1988

Mrs. Karol Kirberger Rodriguez, Alexandria, VA, to 1988

From 1988

Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mrs. Karol Kirberger Rodriguez in 1988

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

Mrs. Karol Kirberger Rodriguez

Credit Line

Gift of Karol Kirberger Rodriguez

Date

late 16th-early 17th century

Period

Ming dynasty

Accession Number

F1989.1

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

Vessel

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

H x Diam: 27.2 × 15.4 cm (10 11/16 × 6 1/16 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

plant

peony

Jingdezhen ware

horse

Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

cobalt pigment

China

porcelain

Chinese Art

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