Medium:

Porcelain with cobalt under colorless glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 10 × 21 cm (3 15/16 × 8 1/4 in)

Style:

Jingdezhen ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

Date:

early 15th century, probably Yongle reign

Period:

Ming dynasty, Yongle or Xuande reign

Description:

Blue-and-white.

Clay: fine white porcelain.

Glaze: plain, transparent.

Decoration: in underglaze cobalt blue; flowers and fruit inside, plain dark petals outside.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

Luxury and Luminosity: Visual Culture and the Ming Court (July 3, 2004 to June 26, 2005)

Crosscurrents in Chinese and Islamic Ceramics (March 1, 1996 to July 1, 1997)

Chinese Ceramics (May 9, 1993 to April 17, 1995)

Chinese and Korean Ceramics (July 11, 1986 to March 13, 1987)

Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1953 (May 26, 1953 to September 15, 1953)

Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)

Topic:

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flower  Search this

Jingdezhen ware  Search this

Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)  Search this

Yongle reign (1403 - 1424)  Search this

Xuande reign (1426 - 1435)  Search this

lotus  Search this

China  Search this

porcelain  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1951.14a-d

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

On View:

Freer Gallery 13: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China

Related Online Resources:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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