Fragment of repaired bowl with Arabic and Persian inscriptions

Object Details

• Description

  Fragment of repaired bowl with slightly flaring rim

  Clay: White porcelain, painted in cobalt blue under transparent glaze.

  Design: inside, border of thunder pattern, in center Arabic Inscription surrounded by foliate scroll band. Outside, 6 circles with Arabic script amid floral motifs.

• Provenance

  From 1945-6 to 1957

  John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected between 1945 and 1946 in Beijing, China. [1]

  From 1957

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. See also object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Exhibition History

  Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe (January 24 to May 7, 2000)

  Blue and White Chinese Porcelain and its Impact on the Western World (October 3 to December 1, 1985)

  Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty (Autumn 1949)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of John A. Pope

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1520s

• Name

  Pope, John Alexander

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Flowers, Jingdezhen ware, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Zhengde reign (1506 - 1521)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)