Square bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Small blue and white glazed, square shaped, porcelain cup, set on a small foot. Calligraphy writing on the underside of the foot. Probably slab constructed, the vessel is uneven in symmetry.

  Porcelain small square cup on high foot rim, everted lip. Decorated in underglaze blue with birds and flowers. Six-character mark of Jiajing on underfoot, (repaired on lip rim). Wooden cover. Ming, Jiajing era (1522-1566).

• Inscriptions

  Underglaze blue six-character mark of the Jiajing era (1522-1566)

• 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

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

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

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1520s, 1560s

• Name

  Jacoby, Maureen R., Jacoby, Rolf R.

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Lacquer, Jiajing reign (1522 - 1566), Ceramics, Flowers, Jingdezhen ware, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)