- Provenance
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To 1938
Possibly Myron S. Falk, Sr. (1878-1945), Greenwich, Connecticut, to September 1938 [1]From possibly 1938 to 1982
Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. (1906-1992) and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk (1910-2000), New York, possibly given by Myron S. Falk Sr. in September 1938 [2]From 1982
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mr. Myron S. Falk Jr. and Mrs. Pauline Baerwald Falk in April 1982 [3]Notes:
[1] It is known that Myron S. Falk Jr and his wife Pauline received several blue-and-white Kangxi porcelains as a gift from Myron S. Falk Sr. on occasion of his sixtieth birthday in 1938. F1982.22 may have been among them. See Myron S. Falk to Pauline B. Falk, September 13, 1938, Pauline B. and Myron S. Falk Jr. Papers, Freer and Sackler Archives. See also Thomas Lawton Interview of Pauline Falk, December 14, 1995, Transcript, p. 22-23.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The objects were formally accessioned to the Freer Gallery of Art collection in April 1982, see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, where the object is listed together with F1982.21 among the proposed acquisitions, approved on April 23, 1982.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Myron S. Falk, Jr. 1906-1992
Pauline Baerwald Falk 1910-2000
- Description
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Vase, one of a pair with F1982.21.
Clay: white porcelain.
Glaze: clear porcelain glaze.
Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Fishermen in landscape. Conventionalized band at base of neck.Wood stand.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
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