Incense burner

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Description

Incense burner; round with bulging sides, contracted neck and flaring rim; low foot, trimmed above the rim on the outside.

Paste: porcelain, with minute grayish impurities.

Glaze: white with very slight bluish tinge; numerous pittings in the interior and on base.

Decoration: in underglaze blue, continuous landscape around exterior, comprising of rocks, trees, water, figures, boats, and pavilions, executed primarily in outline and wash, the water in parallel horizontal lines in typical K'ang-hsi manner; around the neck, a band of motifs comprising five of the Eight Precious Things, each alternating with a cloud scroll.

Inscriptions

Mark: double circle in underglaze blue on the base.

Provenance

To 1975

A New York State estate, to 1975 [1]

From 1975 to 1978

Private collector, Washington, DC, purchased at the sale of a New York State estate, Adam A. Weschler & Son, auctioneers, Washington, DC, in 1975 [2]

From 1978

Freer Gallery of Art, given by a private collector in 1978

Notes:

[1] According to the donor, this object was acquired at the 1975 sale of the contents from a New York State house, which consisted mostly of American and European furniture and furnishings (see Curatorial Note 2, H.C. Lovell, 1978, in the object record).

[2] See Curatorial Note 2, H.C. Lovell, 1978, in the object record.

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)

Chinamania (2010) (August 7, 2010 to August 7, 2011)

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

Previous custodian or owner

Anonymous

Credit Line

Anonymous gift

Date

late 17th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Accession Number

F1978.40

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

Vessel

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

H x Diam: 14.2 × 23.5 cm (5 9/16 × 9 1/4 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

landscape

Jingdezhen ware

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

incense

cloud

China

porcelain

Chinese Art

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