Medium:

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 23.3 × 12.5 cm (9 3/16 × 4 15/16 in)

Style:

Jingdezhen ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

Date:

1662-1722

Period:

Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign

Description:

Bottle-shaped vase, with wood stand.

Clay: white porcelain.

Glaze: clear porcelain glaze.

Decoration: painted in underglaze blue. Phoenix standing with wings spread on ground of overall cloud motifs. Cloud band below lip.

Wood stand, previously not recorded.

Provenance:

To 1982

Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. (1906-1992) and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000), New York to 1982

From 1982

Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk in 1982

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

The Peacock Room in Blue and White (May 18, 2019 to June 1, 2022)

Chinamania (2016) (July 9, 2016 to June 4, 2017)

The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)

Previous custodian or owner:

Myron S. Falk, Jr. (1906-1992)

Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000)

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

phoenix  Search this

Jingdezhen ware  Search this

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this

Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)  Search this

cloud  Search this

cobalt pigment  Search this

China  Search this

porcelain  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr.

Accession Number:

F1982.18a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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