Baluster-shaped vase

Object Details

• Description

  Vase (a), baluster-shaped; with wooden lid and stand (b-c).

  Clay: porcelain.

  Glaze: clear, feldspathic.

  Decoration: figures and landscape, painted in underglaze cobalt blue.

• Provenance

  To 1980

  Margaret Garber Blue, Washington, DC, to 1980

  From 1980

  Freer Gallery of Art, bequeathed by Margaret Garber Blue in 1980

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Peacock Room in Blue and White (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

  Margaret Garber Blue (1897-1979)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Margaret Garber Blue

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1800s, 1900s

• Name

  Blue, Margaret Garber

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Landscapes, Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Jingdezhen ware, Go (Game)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes