Water dropper in the form of a peach

Object Details

• Description

  Small pot molded in the shape of a peach with a small round mouth, stem in relief and concave base.

  Clay: pale grey.

  Glaze: whitish, opaque, coarsely crackled, abraded to even matteness on surface except where protected near raised stem and pointed end of peach form; thin clear glaze on interior; base unglazed.

  Decoration: in inky blue underglaze cobalt. Dotted texture on stem; blossom and two leaves on body at end of stem. Bat on upper surface of body at pointed end. The peach and the bat are emblematic of longevity and good luck, following Chinese imagery.

  Mark: none.

  Condition: chip missing from one end of stem.

• Provenance

  From 1947 to 1989

  Dean Frasché, Greenwich, CT, acquired in Batavia (Jakarta) in 1947 [1]

  From 1989

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Dean Frasché in 1989

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 3 in the object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Vietnamese Ceramics from the Red River Delta (July 10, 2005 to November 15, 2009)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dean Frasché (1906-1994)

• Origin

  Red River Delta kilns, Hai Duong province, Vietnam

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dean Frasché

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1590s, 1500s

• Name

  Frasche, Dean

• Place

  Hai Duong province, Vietnam, Red River Delta kilns

• Topic

  Water, Art, Later Le dynasty (1428 - 1527), Stoneware, Peach, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Mac dynasty (1527 - 1592), Restored Later Le dynasty (1533 - 1782)

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)