Cup with unglazed rim

Object Details

• Description

  Jacoby description with Louise Cort's annotations, as of 25 March 1990: Porcelain small cup on high ring foot, curved side, unglazed lip rim. Decorated inside with a floral spray, coated in a bluish glaze, Sung, 907-1127 A.D.

  The body of the bowl is almost hemispherical in shape and the foot is narrow and relatively tall. The vessel is a light blue/green color except at the rim where it is off-white and unglazed. A simple, incised flower decoration is present in the center of the inner surface.

• Provenance

  From 1947-1950 to 1991

  Mr. Rolf R. Jacoby (died 1989) and Mrs. Maureen R. Jacoby (died 2002), Centreville, MD and Washington, DC, acquired by Rolf R. Jacoby in Korea between 1947-1950 [1]

  From 1991

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mrs. Maureen R. Jacoby in 1991 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] "This object, along with the others given with it, was acquired by Rolf Jacoby, the donor's late husband, in Korea between 1947 and 1950, while he served as a diplomat" (according to a note by Kate Theimer, November 28, 1995, in the object record).

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mr. Rolf R. Jacoby and Mrs. Maureen R. Jacoby

  Mrs. Maureen R. Jacoby (1927– 2002)

• Origin

  China

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mrs. Maureen R. Jacoby in memory of Rolf Jacoby

• Type

  Vessel

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  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1000s

• Name

  Jacoby, Maureen R., Jacoby, Rolf R.

• Place

  China, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Song dynasty (960 - 1279), Qingbai ware, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)