Ewer with European silver-gilt mounts

Object Details

• Description

  Jug, blue and white, in European silver mounts.

  Clay: fine white porcelain.

  Glaze: transparent.

  Decoration: in underglaze blue; tulip pattern on neck, landscape finely drawn in main band, floral scrolls above and below.

  Silver-gilt mounts on lid, handle and foot.

• Label

  This blue-and-white ewer is decorated with floral and landscape motifs. Chinese porcelain of this type was highly prized by Western collectors. The 17th-century gilded silver mounts that embellish the ewer were added in Europe.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  James McNeill Whistler (January 2, 1985 to June 23, 1986)

  James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Corridor (December 10, 1984 to July 10, 1986)

  Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

  A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980 (November 9, 1979 to May 22, 1980)

  Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1640s, 1630s

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Landscapes, Porcelain, Art, Tulip, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Flowers, Jingdezhen ware, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)