Qingbai ware vase

Object Details

• Description

  Vase: with broad rounded shoulder and cylindrical neck.

  Clay: coarse grained white porcelain with earth adhesions.

  Glaze: transparent with faint bluish tone and fine crackle.

  Decoration: in relief under glaze, molded lotus pattern below a row of stamped patterns on shoulder, horizontal fluting on body.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

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

• Origin

  Fuzhou city, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America

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• Date

  1200s

• Place

  Fuzhou city, China, Jiangxi province

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Qingbai ware, Chinese Art, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Lotus

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes