Bowl with design of Daoist Immortals and Shou Lao

Object Details

• Description

  Blue and white porcelain bowl, decorated with Daoist immortals and Shou Lao riding on a crane in a continuous landscape on the exterior, the interior with a medallion of an immortal holding a peach, the rim with a key fret border and edged in brown.

  Six-character Jiajing reign mark on foot.

• Marks

  Six character Jiajing reign mark within a double ring on the back.

• Provenance

  To 1992

  Dr. John A. Pope (1906-1982) and Mrs. John A. Pope, Montgomery Village, MD, to 1992

  From 1992

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mrs. John A. Pope in 1992

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Peacock Room in Blue and White (May 18, 2019 to June 1, 2022)

  The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

  Annemarie Henle Pope (1907-2001)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mrs. John Alexander Pope

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1640s, 1620s

• Name

  Pope, John Alexander, Pope, Annemarie Henle

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Daoist Immortals, Landscapes, Porcelain, Art, Daoism, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Jingdezhen ware, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Crane, Reign mark, Shoulao

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)