Medium:

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 7.8 × 22.7 cm (3 1/16 × 8 15/16 in)

Style:

Jingdezhen ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

Date:

1426-1435

Period:

Ming dynasty, Xuande reign

Description:

Blue-and-white.

Clay: fine white porcelain.

Glaze: transparent, high fired.

Decoration: in underglaze cobalt blue; fruit and floral sprays inside and out; six-character Hsuan-te mark on base.

One of a pair with F1952.16.

Marks:

Six-character Hsuan-te mark on base.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Tales of the Brush: Literary Masterpieces in Chinese Painting (July 28, 2007 to January 13, 2008)

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

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

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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Jingdezhen ware  Search this

Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)  Search this

Xuande reign (1426 - 1435)  Search this

fruit  Search this

cobalt pigment  Search this

China  Search this

porcelain  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1952.17a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

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