Stem bowl with attached stand

Object Details

• Description

  Polychrome.

  Body: fine-grained white porcelain.

  Glaze: on bowl, pure white; on base, celadon.

  Decorated with overglaze enamels.

  Six-character seal mark of the Qianlong period in underglaze blue on foot of stem.

• Marks

  Six character seal mark of the Ch'ien Lung period in underglaze blue on foot of stem.

• Label

  Technical virtuosity is displayed in the ingenious shapes and dazzling ornamentation of eighteenth-century imperial porcelains from Jingdezhen. By the Song dynasty (960-1279), if not earlier, it was customary to display some ceramic vessels on lacquer or porcelain stands to elevate them and set them above the mundane. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries some vases were made with nondetachable ceramic stands, which provided a model for this court porcelain. The daring combination of a pale celadon glaze for the stand with bright overglaze enamel decoration reflects the two sides of Qing imperial taste: revival of Song dynasty elegance and outright flamboyance.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)

  Ching Dynasty Paintings (June 15, 1979 to November 6, 1979)

  Bicentennial Exhibition: Chinese Art (December 5, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

  Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)

  Untitled Exhibition, East Asian Ceramics and Paintings, East Corridor (January 8, 1947 to ---)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Freer Gallery 13: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1790s, 1730s

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Jingdezhen ware, Qianlong reign (1736 - 1796)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes