- Provenance
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To 1992
Pierre Durand, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, NY, to 1992From 1992
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Pierre Durand in 1992
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Pierre Durand
- Description
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A pair of Chinese pottery blue and white plates, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Each plate with central roundel delicately painted with similar scenes of two small boys at play within a fenced garden watched from nearby by a graceful lady clutching a fan and also by a gentleman seated in a house with another small boy on a terrace above, the rim with ladies in a garden setting participating in leisure pursuits of various types, the reverse with a single floral spray encircling the rim, the vase with a large double floral spray bending to form a circle.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- SI Usage Statement
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