Jar with cover

Object Details

• Description

  A blue and white two-handled vase and cover of bulbous form with wide, straight neck and low-domed cover; the short splayed foot decorated with band of herringbone beneath stylized scrolls; the body with two opposite barbed quatrefoil panels; each panel enclosing two overlapping trapezoid shape fans with herringbone borders and interior scenes; the fans surrounded by various Buddhist symbols; the exterior of the quatrefoil panels each with lotus plant emerging from the foot; the low domed cover with short splayed lip and decorated with a large central quatrefoil panel with each quarter enclosing a different Buddhist emblem; the blue bud-form finial forming the center of the quatrefoil flower; the sinuous S-form handles each with lower molded scroll painted with meandering vine to the molded blue mask on the upper curve of the handle; the sharply cut footrim unglazed; the base glazed white.

• Provenance

  To 1993

  The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, NY, to 1993

  From 1993

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from The Chinese Porcelain Company in 1993

• 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

  The Chinese Porcelain Company (Established 1984)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — funds provided by the Friends of Asian Arts

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1720s, 1660s

• Name

  The Chinese Porcelain Company

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Jingdezhen ware, Lotus

• Culture

  Buddhists, Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)