Jardiniere

Object Details

• Description

  Blue-and-white.

  Clay: fine white porcelain, thick.

  Glaze: transparent, faintly bluish, streaky in some areas.

  Decoration: in underglaze blue, a different flower spray on each side (lotus, peony, -?- and camellia); small sprays on base and foot.

  Description by Jan Stuart (10 October 2003):

  Deep, flared sides shaped as four bracket lobes rising to an everted rim, each lobe painted in underglaze blue with a different branching stem bearing two flowers, including peony, camellia, lotus and magnolia, raised on a pedestal base with four cloud-shaped feet joined by a shaped apron and painted with small detached flower sprigs.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Luxury and Luminosity: Visual Culture and the Ming Court (July 3, 2004 to June 26, 2005)

  Chinese Flower Paintings (March 18, 1983 to September 22, 1983)

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

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Peony, Camellia, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Flowers, Jingdezhen ware, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Lotus

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)