Vase, one of a pair with F1982.21

Object Details

• Description

  Vase, one of a pair with F1982.21.

  Clay: white porcelain.

  Glaze: clear porcelain glaze.

  Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Fishermen in landscape. Conventionalized band at base of neck.

  Wood stand.

• Provenance

  To 1938

  Possibly Myron S. Falk, Sr. (1878-1945), Greenwich, Connecticut, to September 1938 [1]

  From possibly 1938 to 1982

  Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. (1906-1992) and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000), New York, possibly given by Myron S. Falk Sr. in September 1938 [2]

  From 1982

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk in April 1982 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] It is known that Myron S. Falk Jr and his wife Pauline received several blue-and-white Kangxi porcelains as a gift from Myron S. Falk Sr. on occasion of his sixtieth birthday in 1938.

  F1982.22 may have been among them. See Myron S. Falk to Pauline B. Falk, September 13, 1938, Pauline B. and Myron S. Falk Jr. Papers, Freer and Sackler Archives. See also Thomas Lawton Interview of Pauline Falk, December 14, 1995, Transcript, p. 22-23.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] The objects were formally accessioned to the Freer Gallery of Art collection in April 1982, see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, where the object is listed together with F1982.21 among the proposed acquisitions, approved on April 23, 1982.

• 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

  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

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1720s, 1660s

• Name

  Falk, Myron S., Falk, Pauline Baerwald

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Landscapes, Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Jingdezhen ware, Fishing

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)