Vase, tall, of inverted pear form, with broad, tapering neck; base hollowed. Two holes in the shoulder.
Clay: soft, white.
Glaze: originally greenish-white, completely covered with the iridescent, white film of partial disintegration.
Decoration: painted in blue and black, under glaze.
Provenance:
To 1905
Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Paris, France to 1905 [1]
From 1905 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, Paris, in 1905 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Voucher No. 1, October 1905, and Original Pottery List, L. 1400, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)
