Bottle

Label Text

This Ming dynasty bottle features figural decoration on the surface, as do many of the ceramics that Freer chose to display on the shelves along the east wall of the Peacock Room in 1908. He purchased it in 1901 from the Parisian art dealer Siegfried Bing. At that time, it was believed to be Korean, though subsequent scholarship has identified it as originating in China.

Object Name

Bottle

Ware

Cizhou ware

Dated

late 14th-15th century

Period

Ming dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze, enamels over glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 27.5 x 19.5 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

61

Wall

East

Title

Bottle

Object Number

F1901.64

Freer Source

Siegfried Bing

Freer Source City

Paris

Freer Source Country

France

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1901.64.jpg

Collection

Citation

"Bottle," in The Peacock Room, Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Accession No. F1901.64, Item #3152, http://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3152 (accessed March 28, 2024).