Vase

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Description

Large, tall, blue and white glazed vase with lower bulbous body and tall upper tubular neck flaring out to a broad rim. Blue and white glaze over gray-white porcelain body.

Provenance

To 1991

Allan S. Chait and Marion C. Howe, New York [1]

From 1991

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Allan S. Chait and Marion C. Howe, New York [2]

Notes:

[1] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History

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

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

Previous custodian or owner

Allan Stephen Chait (1930-2015)

Marion C. Howe

Credit Line

Gift of Allan S. Chait and Marion C. Howe in memory of Libby and Ralph M. Chait

Date

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Accession Number

F1991.46

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

Vessel

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

H x Diam: 43.1 × 20.9 cm (17 × 8 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

Jingdezhen ware

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

cobalt pigment

China

porcelain

Chinese Art

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