Vase

Object Details

• Description

  Bottle vase shape, bulbous bottom, long narrow neck slightly flaring at rim. Slight foot ring.

• Marks

  Six-character Kangxi mark, in cobalt within double ring on base

• Provenance

  From 1950s to 1994

  Mr. Rolf R. Jacoby (d. 1989) and Mrs. Maureen R. Jacoby (d. 2002), Chestertown, Maryland, purchased in the 1950s in Seoul, Korea. [1]

  From 1994

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mrs. Maureen R. Jacoby, Chestertown, Maryland. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Rolf R. Jacoby acquired the vase in the 1950s, while serving in a diplomatic mission in Seoul, Korea. See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1. See also Acquisition Consideration Form, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Study 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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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1720s, 1660s

• Name

  Jacoby, Maureen R., Jacoby, Rolf R.

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)