Fragment, underglaze cobalt-blue-painted stoneware wall tile

Object Details

• Description

  Shape: Fragment of the face of a wall tile. Shard is approximately 1.5 cm thick.

  Clay: Very fine, light beige in color; very few inclusions or air pockets.

  Glaze: Clear, uncrackled.

  Decoration: Finely painted cobalt-blue floral decoration. Exquisite control of brush and pigment, especially in the rendition of vines and tendrils of the painted vegetation.

  Marks: None.

• Provenance

  To 1957

  Abu Ridho, Jakarta, Indonesia. [1]

  1957

  John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, gift of Abu Ridho, Jakarta, Indonesia. [2]

  From 1957

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remarks 3 and 4 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1. See also object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Abu Ridho (born 1927)

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of John A. Pope

• Type

  Architectural Element

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1300s

• Name

  Pope, John Alexander, Ridho, Abu

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Art, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Flowers, Jingdezhen ware, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Architectural elements