Vase, one of a pair with F1982.21

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Description

Vase, one of a pair with F1982.21.

Clay: white porcelain.

Glaze: clear porcelain glaze.

Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Fishermen in landscape. Conventionalized band at base of neck.

Wood stand.

Provenance

To 1938

Possibly Myron S. Falk, Sr. (1878-1945), Greenwich, Connecticut, to September 1938 [1]

From possibly 1938 to 1982

Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. (1906-1992) and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000), New York, possibly given by Myron S. Falk Sr. in September 1938 [2]

From 1982

Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk in April 1982 [3]

Notes:

[1] It is known that Myron S. Falk Jr and his wife Pauline received several blue-and-white Kangxi porcelains as a gift from Myron S. Falk Sr. on occasion of his sixtieth birthday in 1938.

F1982.22 may have been among them. See Myron S. Falk to Pauline B. Falk, September 13, 1938, Pauline B. and Myron S. Falk Jr. Papers, Freer and Sackler Archives. See also Thomas Lawton Interview of Pauline Falk, December 14, 1995, Transcript, p. 22-23.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The objects were formally accessioned to the Freer Gallery of Art collection in April 1982, see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, where the object is listed together with F1982.21 among the proposed acquisitions, approved on April 23, 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

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Accession Number

F1982.22a-b

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Vessel

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

H x Diam: 43.2 × 20.5 cm (17 × 8 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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National Museum of Asian Art

Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

ceramic

landscape

Jingdezhen ware

fishing

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

cobalt pigment

China

porcelain

Chinese Art

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