Vase with design of deer in a landscape
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Period
1662-1722 -
Geography
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China -
Material
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 46.1 × 20.8 cm (18 1/8 × 8 3/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1986.4a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1986.4a-b
Object Details
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Description
Vase, baluster type, sometimes called a "yen-yen" vase. Long neck with trumpet mouth, swelling body which narrows to a slightly flaring base rolling neatly to a wedge-shaped foot rim, set in, possibly designed as in other porcelains of the period, to fit a stand. This is a typical Kangxi silhouette. Although there is no reign mark, it can be assigned to the Kangxi period.Clay: fine white porcelain.Glaze: transparent,glossy, some pin holes, inclusions of impurities, bare foot-rim, base glazed with underglaze blue double ring.Decoration: painted in brilliant underglaze cobalt blue in outline and wash. Simple paired cloud forms in bands below lip and above foot. On neck two spotted deer in a rocky landscape of pines, cranes, and clouds. On body, a similar landscape in larger scale. Here the stag is approaching a doe.Wood stand, not previously recorded. -
Provenance
S. N. Ferris Luboshez (1896-1984) [1]To 1985Trocadéro, Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, Inc., Washington, DC, to 1985From 1985Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Trocadéro, Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, Inc. in 1985 [2]Notes:[1] According to information in the object record.[2] Transferred from the Freer Study Collection (FSC-P-3448) to the Permanent Collection on November 14, 1986. -
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)Chinese Ceramics: Art and Technology (November 19, 1984 to February 24, 1985)Chinese Art from the Ferris Luboshez Collection (March 23 to April 30, 1972)The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011) -
Previous custodian or owner
Sergius N. Ferris Luboshez (1896-1984)Trocadéro, Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, Inc. -
Origin
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China -
Credit Line
Purchase — funds provided by the Women's Committee of the Smithsonian Associates -
Type
Vessel -
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