Medium:

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 8.6 × 17.3 cm (3 3/8 × 6 13/16 in)

Style:

Jingdezhen ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

Date:

early 17th century

Period:

Ming dynasty

Description:

Blue and white porcelain bowl, decorated with Daoist immortals and Shou Lao riding on a crane in a continuous landscape on the exterior, the interior with a medallion of an immortal holding a peach, the rim with a key fret border and edged in brown.

Six-character Jiajing reign mark on foot.

Marks:

Six character Jiajing reign mark within a double ring on the back.

Provenance:

To 1992

Dr. John A. Pope (1906-1982) and Mrs. John A. Pope, Montgomery Village, MD, to 1992

From 1992

Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mrs. John A. Pope in 1992

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

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

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

Previous custodian or owner:

Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

Annemarie Henle Pope (1907-2001)

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

landscape  Search this

Daoism  Search this

crane  Search this

Jingdezhen ware  Search this

Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)  Search this

Daoist Immortals  Search this

China  Search this

Shoulao  Search this

porcelain  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

reign mark  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. John Alexander Pope

Accession Number:

F1992.2

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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