Bottle-shaped vase, one of a pair with F1982.20

Object Details

• Description

  Bottle-shaped vase, pear shape with long, tapering neck. One of a pair with F1982.20.

  Clay: white porcelain.

  Glaze: clear porcelain glaze.

  Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue. On body, rockery with flowering plants, ground filled with foliate floral scrolls; on neck flowering branches; hatched borders; brown glaze on lip.

• Provenance

  George Aristides Eumorfopoulous (1863-1939), London [1]

  To 1982

  Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. (1906-1992) and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000), New York to 1982

  From 1982

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk in 1982

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 4 in the object record.

• 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

  George Aristedes Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939)

  Myron S. Falk, Jr. (1906-1992)

  Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr.

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1720s, 1660s

• Name

  Falk, Myron S., Eumorfopoulos, George Aristedes, Falk, Pauline Baerwald

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722), Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Flowers, Jingdezhen ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes