Bottle

Object Details

• Description

  Pear-shaped bottle with faceted sides, Kraakporselein.

  Clay: porcelain, light gray. Mold-formed in three pieces, joined at the neck and widest parts of the body.

  Glaze: translucent, somewhat milky. Interior glazed; base inside of foot glazed with an irregular unglazed patch. Firing grit and some glaze adhering to edge of footrim, scars where some grit cut away.

  Decoration: in underglaze cobalt, deep blue-gray wash and blackish-blue line; body divided into six vertical panels, following molded faceting, filled with motifs of plummeting horse and waves and peony plant and rock, in alternation, separated by narrow panels of "dot and dash" motif; shoulder decorated with lappets filled with "tassels" below link collar, dots above; overlapping semicircles below plain rim edged with line.

• Provenance

  To 1988

  Mrs. Karol Kirberger Rodriguez, Alexandria, VA, to 1988

  From 1988

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mrs. Karol Kirberger Rodriguez in 1988

• 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

  Mrs. Karol Kirberger Rodriguez

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Karol Kirberger Rodriguez

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1630s, 1560s

• Name

  Rodriguez, Karol Kirberger

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Peony, Animals, Chinese Art, Horses, Ceramics, Plants, Jingdezhen ware, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)