Jar

Jar, short straight neck, rounded shoulder, swelling body, narrows toward flaring base which rounds to inset rounded unglazed foot. Cover missing. Chip on mouth, two chips on base. Brown stains at base and on edge of mouth.
Clay: white porcelain.
Glaze: transparent; foot rim, edge of mouth and one-third of neck height unglazed (for fitting of cover).
Decoration: painted in strong underglaze cobalt blue, outline and wash. Neck, single line at top, band with four conventionalized cloud units and four ladies on a terrace on one side and a clump of shrubs and rocks on the other. Cloud scrolls are overhead and a finishing double line around the base.

Wood stand, not previously recorded.

Historical period(s)
Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign, 1662-1722
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Style
Jingdezhen ware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 34.6 × 25.8 cm (13 5/8 × 10 3/16 in)
Geography
China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Credit Line
Purchase — funds provided by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1986.20a-b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Jar

Keywords
China, cloud, cobalt pigment, Jingdezhen ware, porcelain, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Provenance

To 1985
Trocadéro, Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, Inc., Washington, DC, to 1985

From 1985
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Trocadéro, Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, Inc. in 1985 [1]

Notes:

[1] Transferred from the Study Collection (FSC-P-3450) to the permanent colleciton on November 14, 1986.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Trocadéro, Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, Inc.

Description

Jar, short straight neck, rounded shoulder, swelling body, narrows toward flaring base which rounds to inset rounded unglazed foot. Cover missing. Chip on mouth, two chips on base. Brown stains at base and on edge of mouth.
Clay: white porcelain.
Glaze: transparent; foot rim, edge of mouth and one-third of neck height unglazed (for fitting of cover).
Decoration: painted in strong underglaze cobalt blue, outline and wash. Neck, single line at top, band with four conventionalized cloud units and four ladies on a terrace on one side and a clump of shrubs and rocks on the other. Cloud scrolls are overhead and a finishing double line around the base.

Wood stand, not previously recorded.

Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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