<![CDATA[The Peacock Room]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/browse/page/10?output=rss2 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:43:53 +0000 libwebmaster@wayne.edu (The Peacock Room) Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Jar with design of phoenix and dragon]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3180

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Title

Jar with design of phoenix and dragon

Description

Jar
Freer acquired this fourteenth-century Yuan dynasty jar with a phoenix and dragon design from Yamanaka and Company in New York. In the Peacock Room in Detroit he displayed it on one of the tall shelves surrounding the gilded peacock shutters. His arrangement of pots on this side of the room is the least formally coherent; many of the selections and juxtapositions seem to have been made according to size and shape&#151;simply filling the space rather than, as elsewhere, orchestrating harmonious relationships.

Date

14th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Stoneware with white slip and iron pigment under alkaline glaze
Cizhou ware
HxW: 31.6 x 32.9 cm

Identifier

F1906.36a-b
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Coverage

2
78
East
Yuan dynasty
Pengcheng
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

Freer acquired this fourteenth-century Yuan dynasty jar with a phoenix and dragon design from Yamanaka and Company in New York. In the Peacock Room in Detroit he displayed it on one of the tall shelves surrounding the gilded peacock shutters. His arrangement of pots on this side of the room is the least formally coherent; many of the selections and juxtapositions seem to have been made according to size and shape—simply filling the space rather than, as elsewhere, orchestrating harmonious relationships.

Object Name

Jar

Ware

Cizhou ware

Dated

14th century

Period

Yuan dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with white slip and iron pigment under alkaline glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 31.6 x 32.9 cm

City

Pengcheng

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

78

Wall

East

Title

Jar with design of phoenix and dragon

Object Number

F1906.36a-b

Freer Source

Yamanaka and Co.

Freer Source City

New York

Freer Source State

New York

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:52 +0000 <![CDATA[Bottle]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3179

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Title

Bottle

Description

Bottle
"This jar," Freer commented in an undated inventory note, "was found in Corea [sic] and was originally supposed to have been made in that country; I believe it, however, to be Chinese made during the Sung dynasty." The piece was purchased from the Boston-based dealer Matsuki Bunkyo, and it is now believed to be an Edo-period piece from Japan. In the Peacock Room, Freer placed it alongside other similarly large vessels, on the tall shelves surrounding the gilded peacock shutters.

Date

18th-19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Matsuki Bunkyo

Format

Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze
HxW: 30.9 x 26.3 cm

Identifier

F1900.63
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Coverage

2
77
East
Edo period
Japan
United States
Boston
Massachusetts

Freer

Label Text

"This jar," Freer commented in an undated inventory note, "was found in Corea [sic] and was originally supposed to have been made in that country; I believe it, however, to be Chinese made during the Sung dynasty." The piece was purchased from the Boston-based dealer Matsuki Bunkyo, and it is now believed to be an Edo-period piece from Japan. In the Peacock Room, Freer placed it alongside other similarly large vessels, on the tall shelves surrounding the gilded peacock shutters.

Object Name

Bottle

Dated

18th-19th century

Period

Edo period

Medium

Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 30.9 x 26.3 cm

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

77

Wall

East

Title

Bottle

Object Number

F1900.63

Freer Source

Matsuki Bunkyo

Freer Source City

Boston

Freer Source State

Massachusetts

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1900.63.jpg

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:52 +0000 <![CDATA[Bottle]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3178

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Title

Bottle

Description

Bottle
The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania." <p>When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Date

late 16th-early 17th century

Contributor

Gift of Karol Kirberger Rodriguez

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Jingdezhen ware
HxWxD: 27.0 x 14.5 x 14.5 cm

Identifier

F1989.1
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Coverage

1
77
East
Ming dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania."

When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Object Name

Bottle

Ware

Jingdezhen ware

Dated

late 16th-early 17th century

Period

Ming dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 27.0 x 14.5 x 14.5 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Karol Kirberger Rodriguez

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

77

Wall

East

Title

Bottle

Object Number

F1989.1

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:52 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3177

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Title

Jar

Description

Jar
"Superb," declared Freer of this baluster-shaped jar, which he had purchased from Yamanaka and Company in New York in 1896. Although it was sold to the collector as a Korean vessel, he later noted, " I believe Chinese&#151;Sung or earlier." While actually from the Yuan dynasty, Freer was correct in identifying this piece as Chinese in origin. The dealer's original attribution as Korean presumably resulted from the use of overall white slip&#151;a technique that would have been familiar in Japan (where Yamanaka and Company's flagship gallery was located), from its use on Choson period Korean tea bowls.

Date

14th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Stoneware with white slip beneath clear glaze
Cizhou ware
HxW: 34.9 x 29.8 cm

Identifier

F1896.84
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Coverage

2
76
East
Yuan dynasty
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

"Superb," declared Freer of this baluster-shaped jar, which he had purchased from Yamanaka and Company in New York in 1896. Although it was sold to the collector as a Korean vessel, he later noted, " I believe Chinese—Sung or earlier." While actually from the Yuan dynasty, Freer was correct in identifying this piece as Chinese in origin. The dealer's original attribution as Korean presumably resulted from the use of overall white slip—a technique that would have been familiar in Japan (where Yamanaka and Company's flagship gallery was located), from its use on Choson period Korean tea bowls.

Object Name

Jar

Ware

Cizhou ware

Dated

14th century

Period

Yuan dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with white slip beneath clear glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 34.9 x 29.8 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

76

Wall

East

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1896.84

Freer Source

Yamanaka and Co.

Freer Source City

New York

Freer Source State

New York

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1896.84.jpg

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:52 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3176

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Title

Vase

Description

Vase
The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania." <p>When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Date

mid 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Gift of Pierre Durand

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 45.4 x 18.7 x 18.7 cm

Identifier

F1991.51
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Coverage

1
75
East
Qing dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania."

When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Object Name

Vase

Dated

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 45.4 x 18.7 x 18.7 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Pierre Durand

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

75

Wall

East

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1991.51

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1991.51.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:52 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3175

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Title

Jar

Description

Jar
Now dated to the nineteenth century, this jar, with extensive red lacquer repairs, came to Freer from Paris-based dealer Siegfried Bing. He believed it to be a Korean antique, while the ceramics expert Edward Sylvester Morse although it was Tamba ware from Japan. Both men regarded this as an "important specimen," as Freer described it; Morse echoed this sentiment: "Very extraordinary specimen," he noted in 1921. The piece has puzzled subsequent scholars, who have been uncertain about its geographic origins, but sure that it was not the ancient vessel that Freer and his contemporaries believed it to be. It may be an example of a fake antique, produced specifically for an international market.

Date

19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Siegfried Bing

Format

Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze; lacquer repairs
Possibly Buncheong ware
HxW: 45.4 x 26.4 cm

Identifier

F1904.147
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Coverage

2
75
East
Joseon period, Edo period, or Meiji era
Korea or Japan
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

Now dated to the nineteenth century, this jar, with extensive red lacquer repairs, came to Freer from Paris-based dealer Siegfried Bing. He believed it to be a Korean antique, while the ceramics expert Edward Sylvester Morse although it was Tamba ware from Japan. Both men regarded this as an "important specimen," as Freer described it; Morse echoed this sentiment: "Very extraordinary specimen," he noted in 1921. The piece has puzzled subsequent scholars, who have been uncertain about its geographic origins, but sure that it was not the ancient vessel that Freer and his contemporaries believed it to be. It may be an example of a fake antique, produced specifically for an international market.

Object Name

Jar

Ware

Possibly Buncheong ware

Dated

19th century

Period

Joseon period, Edo period, or Meiji era

Medium

Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze; lacquer repairs

Dimensions

HxW: 45.4 x 26.4 cm

Country

Korea or Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

75

Wall

East

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1904.147

Freer Source

Siegfried Bing

Freer Source City

Paris

Freer Source Country

France

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1904.147.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:52 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar with lid, one of a pair with F2004.37.1a-c.]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3174

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Title

Jar with lid, one of a pair with F2004.37.1a-c.

Description

Jar
The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania." <p>When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Date

early 18th century

Contributor

Bequest of Margaret A. Kearney

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxW: 46.5 x 20.2 cm

Identifier

F2004.37.2a-c
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Coverage

1
74
East
Qing dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania."

When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Object Name

Jar

Dated

early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 46.5 x 20.2 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Bequest of Margaret A. Kearney

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

74

Wall

East

Title

Jar with lid, one of a pair with F2004.37.1a-c.

Object Number

F2004.37.2a-c

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Inkstone screen]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3173

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Title

Inkstone screen

Description

Inkstone screen (kenbyo)
This desk screen is one of several ceramics that Freer acquired and believed to be by the renowned Kyoto ceramist Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743), but since have been reattributed to nineteenth-century imitators. In his 1885 book <i>Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings</i>, Edward Sylvester Morse commented on the format of works like this: "In the old-fashioned genkan, or hall-way, there stands a solid screen of wood with heavy frame, supported by two transverse feet. This screen is called <i>tsui-tate</i>, and is an article of furniture belonging to the hall....Diminutive models of the tsui-tate are made in pottery or porcelain, and these are for the purpose of standing in front of the ink-stone to prevent the mats from being spattered when the ink is rubbed." In the Peacock Room in Detroit, this desk screen was placed among ceramic vessels with similar landscape decorations.

Creator

Imitation of Ogata Kenzan

Date

late 19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
R. E. Moore

Format

Buff clay; iron pigment, enamels under transparent lead glaze.
HxWxD: 27.6 x 38.2 x 2.6 cm

Identifier

F1897.20
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Coverage

2
74
East
Meiji era
Kyoto
Japan
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

This desk screen is one of several ceramics that Freer acquired and believed to be by the renowned Kyoto ceramist Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743), but since have been reattributed to nineteenth-century imitators. In his 1885 book Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings, Edward Sylvester Morse commented on the format of works like this: "In the old-fashioned genkan, or hall-way, there stands a solid screen of wood with heavy frame, supported by two transverse feet. This screen is called tsui-tate, and is an article of furniture belonging to the hall....Diminutive models of the tsui-tate are made in pottery or porcelain, and these are for the purpose of standing in front of the ink-stone to prevent the mats from being spattered when the ink is rubbed." In the Peacock Room in Detroit, this desk screen was placed among ceramic vessels with similar landscape decorations.

Object Name

Inkstone screen (kenbyo)

Dated

late 19th century

Period

Meiji era

Medium

Buff clay; iron pigment, enamels under transparent lead glaze.

Dimensions

HxWxD: 27.6 x 38.2 x 2.6 cm

City

Kyoto

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

74

Wall

East

Artist

Imitation of Ogata Kenzan

Title

Inkstone screen

Object Number

F1897.20

Freer Source

R. E. Moore

Freer Source City

New York

Freer Source State

New York

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1897.20.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase, one of a pair with F1993.8.1]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3172

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Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1993.8.1

Description

Vase
The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania." <p>When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Date

mid 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Purchase--Friends of Asian Arts

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 42.5 x 18.7 x 18.7 cm

Identifier

F1993.8.2
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Coverage

1
73
East
Qing dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania."

When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Object Name

Vase

Dated

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 42.5 x 18.7 x 18.7 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Purchase--Friends of Asian Arts

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

73

Wall

East

Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1993.8.1

Object Number

F1993.8.2

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1993.8.2.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase in mimikuchi form]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3171

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Title

Vase in mimikuchi form

Description

Vase
After Freer purchased this mottled, wine-red&#151;nearly black&#151;glazed vase from Matsuki Bunkyo, he described it as "rare and beautiful." He suspected that its form was influenced by Korean pottery, and therefore believed, erroneously, that the vase was an example of seventeenth-century Satsuma ware. Satsuma ware originated when skilled Korean potters were forcibly relocated following the Japanese Invasions of Korea between 1592 and 1598. Freer's vase, however, is now known to be of more recent date. It is a late nineteenth century example of Kyoto or Seto ware. The form of this vase, with its distinctive wing-shaped handles may be borrowed from prototypes worked in metal.

Date

19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Matsuki Bunkyo

Format

Stoneware with iron glaze; glass-powder repair on base
Kyoto or Seto ware
HxWxD: 33.2 x 37.2 x 19.7 cm

Identifier

F1897.32
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Coverage

2
73
East
Edo period or Meiji era
Kyoto or Seto
Japan
United States
Boston
Massachusetts

Freer

Label Text

After Freer purchased this mottled, wine-red—nearly black—glazed vase from Matsuki Bunkyo, he described it as "rare and beautiful." He suspected that its form was influenced by Korean pottery, and therefore believed, erroneously, that the vase was an example of seventeenth-century Satsuma ware. Satsuma ware originated when skilled Korean potters were forcibly relocated following the Japanese Invasions of Korea between 1592 and 1598. Freer's vase, however, is now known to be of more recent date. It is a late nineteenth century example of Kyoto or Seto ware. The form of this vase, with its distinctive wing-shaped handles may be borrowed from prototypes worked in metal.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Kyoto or Seto ware

Dated

19th century

Period

Edo period or Meiji era

Medium

Stoneware with iron glaze; glass-powder repair on base

Dimensions

HxWxD: 33.2 x 37.2 x 19.7 cm

City

Kyoto or Seto

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

73

Wall

East

Title

Vase in mimikuchi form

Object Number

F1897.32

Freer Source

Matsuki Bunkyo

Freer Source City

Boston

Freer Source State

Massachusetts

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1897.32.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Bottle]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3170

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Title

Bottle

Description

Bottle
The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania." <p>When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Date

early 17th century

Contributor

Gift of the Lydman Collection

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 27.5 x 14.9 x 14.9 cm

Identifier

F1992.33
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Coverage

1
72
East
Ming dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania."

When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Object Name

Bottle

Dated

early 17th century

Period

Ming dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 27.5 x 14.9 x 14.9 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of the Lydman Collection

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

72

Wall

East

Title

Bottle

Object Number

F1992.33

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3169

Dublin Core

Title

Jar

Description

Jar
This jar belongs to the historical region of Raqqa, Mesopotamia and originated in Syria during the twelfth or thirteenth century. Freer purchased it from the Paris-based dealer Dikran Kelekian, who also owned galleries in London, Cairo, and New York. The piece, like much Raqqa ware available at the turn of the twentieth century, is ashen and crackled in appearance. This was part of its appeal to Freer and his contemporaries, who imagined this piece to be much older than it is now known to be.

Date

12th-13th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Stone-paste painted under glaze
HxW: 30.1 x 30.3 cm

Identifier

F1903.187
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Coverage

2
72
East
Syria
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

This jar belongs to the historical region of Raqqa, Mesopotamia and originated in Syria during the twelfth or thirteenth century. Freer purchased it from the Paris-based dealer Dikran Kelekian, who also owned galleries in London, Cairo, and New York. The piece, like much Raqqa ware available at the turn of the twentieth century, is ashen and crackled in appearance. This was part of its appeal to Freer and his contemporaries, who imagined this piece to be much older than it is now known to be.

Object Name

Jar

Dated

12th-13th century

Medium

Stone-paste painted under glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 30.1 x 30.3 cm

Country

Syria

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

72

Wall

East

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1903.187

Freer Source

Dikran G. Kelekian

Freer Source City

Paris

Freer Source Country

France

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Dish on a low foot]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3168

Dublin Core

Title

Dish on a low foot

Description

Dish
Of all the pieces Freer chose to display on the shelves of his Peacock, or Blue, Room, this large shallow "dish on a low foot" most closely references the original blue and white china which appeared in the room's original incarnation in London. This ornately patterned Safavid dish was not typical of the Asian ceramics Freer was attracted to, or indeed collected. In his object notes, he wrote about the piece, "For comparative study only." He purchased it from the Paris dealer, D.G. Demotte, of whom not much is known. What is clear, however, is that Freer selected this Iranian bowl of the Safavid period for inclusion among his other items of Near Eastern and Asian ceramics-perhaps to highlight, through contrast, the formal and chromatic qualities of the less decorated, more subtly colored surfaces of the rest of his collection.

Date

late 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Format

Stone-paste painted under glaze
HxW: 6.7 x 34.0 cm

Identifier

F1904.151
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Coverage

2
71
East
Safavid period
Iran

Freer

Label Text

Of all the pieces Freer chose to display on the shelves of his Peacock, or Blue, Room, this large shallow "dish on a low foot" most closely references the original blue and white china which appeared in the room's original incarnation in London. This ornately patterned Safavid dish was not typical of the Asian ceramics Freer was attracted to, or indeed collected. In his object notes, he wrote about the piece, "For comparative study only." He purchased it from the Paris dealer, D.G. Demotte, of whom not much is known. What is clear, however, is that Freer selected this Iranian bowl of the Safavid period for inclusion among his other items of Near Eastern and Asian ceramics-perhaps to highlight, through contrast, the formal and chromatic qualities of the less decorated, more subtly colored surfaces of the rest of his collection.

Object Name

Dish

Dated

late 17th-early 18th century

Period

Safavid period

Medium

Stone-paste painted under glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 6.7 x 34.0 cm

Country

Iran

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

71

Wall

East

Title

Dish on a low foot

Object Number

F1904.151

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3167

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

Description

Vase
The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania." <p>When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Date

mid 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Gift of Allan S. Chait and Marion C. Howe in memory of Libby and Ralph M. Chait

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 42.9 x 18.4 x 18.4 cm

Identifier

F1991.46
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Coverage

1
70
East
Qing dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania."

When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Object Name

Vase

Dated

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 42.9 x 18.4 x 18.4 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Allan S. Chait and Marion C. Howe in memory of Libby and Ralph M. Chait

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

70

Wall

East

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1991.46

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase with design of peonies]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3166

Dublin Core

Title

Vase with design of peonies

Description

Vase
Grotesque head loop handles appear on either side of this grayish beaker-shaped flower vase of the Edo period (1700-1820). Freer purchased the stoneware vase, which bears a design of peonies, from a customary dealer, Matsuki Bunkyo, in 1900. The vase had previously belonged to Ikeda Seisuke, a noted Kyoto dealer. In his object notes, Freer referred to "the elder Ikeda of Kioto [sic], who showed me the jar during one of my early trips to Japan." This vase is decidedly less subtle in its form and decoration than most of the ceramics that Freer collected, suggesting that sentimental memories of his first visit to Japan in 1895 may have influenced his purchase of the piece when it was offered by Matsuki some five years later.

Date

1700-1820

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Matsuki Bunkyo

Format

Stoneware with cobalt decoration under translucent glaze
Satsuma ware
HxW: 31.6 x 28.8 cm

Identifier

F1900.66a-b
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Coverage

2
70
East
Edo period
Japan
United States
Boston
Massachusetts

Freer

Label Text

Grotesque head loop handles appear on either side of this grayish beaker-shaped flower vase of the Edo period (1700-1820). Freer purchased the stoneware vase, which bears a design of peonies, from a customary dealer, Matsuki Bunkyo, in 1900. The vase had previously belonged to Ikeda Seisuke, a noted Kyoto dealer. In his object notes, Freer referred to "the elder Ikeda of Kioto [sic], who showed me the jar during one of my early trips to Japan." This vase is decidedly less subtle in its form and decoration than most of the ceramics that Freer collected, suggesting that sentimental memories of his first visit to Japan in 1895 may have influenced his purchase of the piece when it was offered by Matsuki some five years later.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Satsuma ware

Dated

1700-1820

Period

Edo period

Medium

Stoneware with cobalt decoration under translucent glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 31.6 x 28.8 cm

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

70

Wall

East

Title

Vase with design of peonies

Object Number

F1900.66a-b

Freer Source

Matsuki Bunkyo

Freer Source City

Boston

Freer Source State

Massachusetts

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar with lid, one of a pair with F2004.37.2a-c.]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3165

Dublin Core

Title

Jar with lid, one of a pair with F2004.37.2a-c.

Description

Jar
The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania." <p>When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Date

early 18th century

Contributor

Bequest of Margaret A. Kearney

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxW: 46.5 x 20.2 cm

Identifier

F2004.37.1a-c
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Coverage

1
69
East
Qing dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania."

When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Object Name

Jar

Dated

early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 46.5 x 20.2 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Bequest of Margaret A. Kearney

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

69

Wall

East

Title

Jar with lid, one of a pair with F2004.37.2a-c.

Object Number

F2004.37.1a-c

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Kenzan-style water jar with crane and fishnet design]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3164

Dublin Core

Title

Kenzan-style water jar with crane and fishnet design

Description

Tea ceremony water jar (tomobuta mizusashi)
Dealer Matsuki Bunkyo sold this water jar to Freer in 1898, describing it as a work by the renowned Kyoto ceramist Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743) or one of his earliest followers. Edward Sylvester Morse, a noted authority on Japanese art, bluntly informed Freer, "Don't believe Kenzan ever made that in the world"; the vessel is now attributed to a nineteenth-century imitator. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, Freer displayed this jar, with its design of cranes and fishnets, among other vessels featuring figurative surface decorations.

Creator

Imitation of Ogata Kenzan

Date

late 19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Matsuki Bunkyo

Format

Buff clay; white slip, iron pigment under transparent and ochre-colored lead glazes
Raku ware, unknown workshop
HxWxD: 18.8 x 21.4 x 21.4 cm

Identifier

F1898.52a-b
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Coverage

2
69
East
Meiji era
Kyoto
Japan
United States
Boston
Massachusetts

Freer

Label Text

Dealer Matsuki Bunkyo sold this water jar to Freer in 1898, describing it as a work by the renowned Kyoto ceramist Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743) or one of his earliest followers. Edward Sylvester Morse, a noted authority on Japanese art, bluntly informed Freer, "Don't believe Kenzan ever made that in the world"; the vessel is now attributed to a nineteenth-century imitator. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, Freer displayed this jar, with its design of cranes and fishnets, among other vessels featuring figurative surface decorations.

Object Name

Tea ceremony water jar (tomobuta mizusashi)

Ware

Raku ware, unknown workshop

Dated

late 19th century

Period

Meiji era

Medium

Buff clay; white slip, iron pigment under transparent and ochre-colored lead glazes

Dimensions

HxWxD: 18.8 x 21.4 x 21.4 cm

City

Kyoto

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

69

Wall

East

Artist

Imitation of Ogata Kenzan

Title

Kenzan-style water jar with crane and fishnet design

Object Number

F1898.52a-b

Freer Source

Matsuki Bunkyo

Freer Source City

Boston

Freer Source State

Massachusetts

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Bowl]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3163

Dublin Core

Title

Bowl

Description

Bowl
When Freer acquired this bowl as part of a group acquisition in 1907, it (and a number of similar examples) was believed to have been made in Korea, on account of their provenance. Scholars now agree, however, that most white wares like this, despite having been found in Korean tombs, were, in fact, made in China. This qingbai porcelain bowl, which dates to the second half of the twelfth century, was part of the collection of. Horace Allen, a former missionary and then ambassador to Korea. When Allen returned to Dayton, Ohio, and decided to sell his ceramics collection, he received high offers for individual pieces. He opted instead to keep the collection intact. Freer agreed to the purchase under that condition and noted upon review of his new wares, "Can some of them be Chinese?"

Date

second half 12th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dr. Horace N. Allen

Format

Porcelain with transparent pale blue (qingbai) glaze
Qingbai ware
HxW: 7.2 x 20.1 cm

Identifier

F1907.291
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Coverage

2
68
East
Southern Song dynasty
China
United States
Toledo
OH

Freer

Label Text

When Freer acquired this bowl as part of a group acquisition in 1907, it (and a number of similar examples) was believed to have been made in Korea, on account of their provenance. Scholars now agree, however, that most white wares like this, despite having been found in Korean tombs, were, in fact, made in China. This qingbai porcelain bowl, which dates to the second half of the twelfth century, was part of the collection of. Horace Allen, a former missionary and then ambassador to Korea. When Allen returned to Dayton, Ohio, and decided to sell his ceramics collection, he received high offers for individual pieces. He opted instead to keep the collection intact. Freer agreed to the purchase under that condition and noted upon review of his new wares, "Can some of them be Chinese?"

Object Name

Bowl

Ware

Qingbai ware

Dated

second half 12th century

Period

Southern Song dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with transparent pale blue (qingbai) glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 7.2 x 20.1 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

68

Wall

East

Title

Bowl

Object Number

F1907.291

Freer Source

Dr. Horace N. Allen

Freer Source City

Toledo

Freer Source State

OH

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:42 +0000 <![CDATA[Bowl with incised decoration]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3162

Dublin Core

Title

Bowl with incised decoration

Description

Bowl
Application of a thin, transparent blue glaze which produces what has been characterized as a "cold white light" onto white porcelain is characteristic of Chinese Ch'ing pai ware. The effect is a translucency which alters according to its lighting. This Southern Song dynasty bowl is a classic example of that ceramic period. Under the glaze on the interior of the bowl is an excised design sometimes known as "boys among peonies." The coloration of the glaze is also slightly more saturated in the interior. This piece was purchased by Freer as part of the Horace Allen collection of Korean pottery and was originally thought to have been produced in that country.

Date

second half of 12th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dr. Horace N. Allen

Format

Porcelain with transparent pale blue (qingbai) glaze
Qingbai ware
HxW: 7.0 x 20.0 cm

Identifier

F1907.290
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Coverage

2
67
East
Southern Song dynasty
Jingdezhen
China
United States
Toledo
OH

Freer

Label Text

Application of a thin, transparent blue glaze which produces what has been characterized as a "cold white light" onto white porcelain is characteristic of Chinese Ch'ing pai ware. The effect is a translucency which alters according to its lighting. This Southern Song dynasty bowl is a classic example of that ceramic period. Under the glaze on the interior of the bowl is an excised design sometimes known as "boys among peonies." The coloration of the glaze is also slightly more saturated in the interior. This piece was purchased by Freer as part of the Horace Allen collection of Korean pottery and was originally thought to have been produced in that country.

Object Name

Bowl

Ware

Qingbai ware

Dated

second half of 12th century

Period

Southern Song dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with transparent pale blue (qingbai) glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 7.0 x 20.0 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

67

Wall

East

Title

Bowl with incised decoration

Object Number

F1907.290

Freer Source

Dr. Horace N. Allen

Freer Source City

Toledo

Freer Source State

OH

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:42 +0000 <![CDATA[Rouleau-shaped vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3161

Dublin Core

Title

Rouleau-shaped vase

Description

Vase
The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania." <p>When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Date

1662-1722

Contributor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr.

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
Jingdezhen ware
HxWxD: 26.7 x 10.4 x 10.4 cm

Identifier

F1982.16a-b
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Coverage

1
67
East
Qing dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania."

When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Jingdezhen ware

Dated

1662-1722

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 26.7 x 10.4 x 10.4 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr.

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

67

Wall

East

Title

Rouleau-shaped vase

Object Number

F1982.16a-b

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:30 +0000 <![CDATA[Bottle]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3160

Dublin Core

Title

Bottle

Description

Bottle
Purchased by Freer from the Paris-based dealer Dikran Kelekian in 1903, this bottle, with its distinctive shape and porcelain-like appearance, was modeled after a Chinese prototype. It thus evoked for Freer the kind of cross-cultural connections that undergirded his collecting philosophy. He described it as "an interesting specimen of 16th-century ware formerly in the celebrated collection of Captain Meyer," and noted that it was "valuable for its association quite apart from other qualities." In the Peacock Room, Freer displayed the bottle adjacent to other Iranian wares as well as Chinese porcelains and a Korean celadon ewer.

Date

17th-18th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Stone-paste painted under glaze
HxW: 25.3 x 14.4 cm

Identifier

F1903.196
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Coverage

2
66.1
East
Safavid period
Iran
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

Purchased by Freer from the Paris-based dealer Dikran Kelekian in 1903, this bottle, with its distinctive shape and porcelain-like appearance, was modeled after a Chinese prototype. It thus evoked for Freer the kind of cross-cultural connections that undergirded his collecting philosophy. He described it as "an interesting specimen of 16th-century ware formerly in the celebrated collection of Captain Meyer," and noted that it was "valuable for its association quite apart from other qualities." In the Peacock Room, Freer displayed the bottle adjacent to other Iranian wares as well as Chinese porcelains and a Korean celadon ewer.

Object Name

Bottle

Dated

17th-18th century

Period

Safavid period

Medium

Stone-paste painted under glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 25.3 x 14.4 cm

Country

Iran

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

66.1

Wall

East

Title

Bottle

Object Number

F1903.196

Freer Source

Dikran G. Kelekian

Freer Source City

Paris

Freer Source Country

France

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:30 +0000 <![CDATA[Dish]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3159

Dublin Core

Title

Dish

Description

Dish
Freer purchased this Safavid period white porcelain dish from the Paris-based dealer Dikran G. Kelekian. It was originally part of the Charles A. Dana Collection, about which a New York Times article had reported, "At the time of his death [Dana] owned the largest and most valuable collection of Oriental pottery and porcelains in America, with the single exception of that formed by W. T. Walters of Baltimore." Freer remarked that this shallow dish, with its black painted design and piercings below the rim, was a "good specimen" although he also noted that he wanted to compare it with a "finer specimen" he had purchased directly from the Dana sale.

Date

18th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Stone-paste, pierced and painted under glaze
HxW: 5.8 x 18.2 cm

Identifier

F1903.6
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Coverage

2
66
East
Safavid period
Iran
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

Freer purchased this Safavid period white porcelain dish from the Paris-based dealer Dikran G. Kelekian. It was originally part of the Charles A. Dana Collection, about which a New York Times article had reported, "At the time of his death [Dana] owned the largest and most valuable collection of Oriental pottery and porcelains in America, with the single exception of that formed by W. T. Walters of Baltimore." Freer remarked that this shallow dish, with its black painted design and piercings below the rim, was a "good specimen" although he also noted that he wanted to compare it with a "finer specimen" he had purchased directly from the Dana sale.

Object Name

Dish

Dated

18th century

Period

Safavid period

Medium

Stone-paste, pierced and painted under glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 5.8 x 18.2 cm

Country

Iran

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

66

Wall

East

Title

Dish

Object Number

F1903.6

Freer Source

Dikran G. Kelekian

Freer Source City

Paris

Freer Source Country

France

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:30 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar with lid]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3158

Dublin Core

Title

Jar with lid

Description

Jar
The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania." <p>When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Date

mid 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Gift of Mr. Pierre Durand

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 24.2 x 20.8 x 20.8 cm

Identifier

F1992.14a-b
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Coverage

1
65
East
Qing dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania."

When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Object Name

Jar

Dated

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 24.2 x 20.8 x 20.8 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Pierre Durand

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

65

Wall

East

Title

Jar with lid

Object Number

F1992.14a-b

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:24 +0000 <![CDATA[Ewer]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3157

Dublin Core

Title

Ewer

Description

Ewer
Wonsan-ri kilns or Bangsan-dong kilns
Freer purchased this ewer from the collection of Horace Allen, a Presbyterian medical missionary who traveled to Korea in 1884. Allen went on to assemble a remarkable collection of ceramics, many taken from the tombs of Korean nobility. Freer purchased his entire set of eighty pieces when it was offered for sale in 1907. This piece is an early example of Korean celadon. The technique of preparing celadon glazes, which derive their color from traces of iron fired in a high-temperature reducing atmosphere, was first developed by Chinese potters and began to be used in Korea during the 10th century. Like this plain, rounded ewer, early examples tend to reflect the shapes and decorative techniques of the Chinese Yue ware celadon, which was made in a region not far from Korea and may have been the source of celadon glaze technology in Korea

Date

11th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dr. Horace N. Allen

Format

Stoneware with celadon glaze
HxW: 22.3 x 14.5 cm

Identifier

F1907.284a-b
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Coverage

2
65
East
Goryeo period
Korea
United States
Toledo
OH

Freer

Label Text

Freer purchased this ewer from the collection of Horace Allen, a Presbyterian medical missionary who traveled to Korea in 1884. Allen went on to assemble a remarkable collection of ceramics, many taken from the tombs of Korean nobility. Freer purchased his entire set of eighty pieces when it was offered for sale in 1907. This piece is an early example of Korean celadon. The technique of preparing celadon glazes, which derive their color from traces of iron fired in a high-temperature reducing atmosphere, was first developed by Chinese potters and began to be used in Korea during the 10th century. Like this plain, rounded ewer, early examples tend to reflect the shapes and decorative techniques of the Chinese Yue ware celadon, which was made in a region not far from Korea and may have been the source of celadon glaze technology in Korea

Object Name

Ewer

Dated

11th century

Period

Goryeo period

Medium

Stoneware with celadon glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 22.3 x 14.5 cm

Locale

Wonsan-ri kilns or Bangsan-dong kilns

Country

Korea

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

65

Wall

East

Title

Ewer

Object Number

F1907.284a-b

Freer Source

Dr. Horace N. Allen

Freer Source City

Toledo

Freer Source State

OH

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:23 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3156

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

Description

Vase
This melon-shaped Ch'ing-pai ware vase has a brilliant white porcelain body that is tinted with an almost transparent blue glaze. It was purchased by Freer in 1907 as part of a group acquisition from a fellow collector, Horace Allen, who had amassed a significant group of ceramics during his time as a missionary in Korea. Of his vase, Allen had written "It is pronounced by those collectors who have seen it to be the finest piece of white Korai they have seen." He declared it "perfect," and Freer may have agreed, selecting it to be among the ceramics on prominent view in the Peacock Room. The origins of this piece, though once believed to be Korean, are now known to be eleventh-century Chinese, from the Northern Song dynasty.

Date

11th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dr. Horace N. Allen

Format

Porcelain clay with transparent pale blue (qinqbai) glaze
Qingbai ware
HxW: 26.1 x 13.7 cm

Identifier

F1907.289
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Coverage

2
64
East
Northern Song dynasty
China
United States
Toledo
OH

Freer

Label Text

This melon-shaped Ch'ing-pai ware vase has a brilliant white porcelain body that is tinted with an almost transparent blue glaze. It was purchased by Freer in 1907 as part of a group acquisition from a fellow collector, Horace Allen, who had amassed a significant group of ceramics during his time as a missionary in Korea. Of his vase, Allen had written "It is pronounced by those collectors who have seen it to be the finest piece of white Korai they have seen." He declared it "perfect," and Freer may have agreed, selecting it to be among the ceramics on prominent view in the Peacock Room. The origins of this piece, though once believed to be Korean, are now known to be eleventh-century Chinese, from the Northern Song dynasty.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Qingbai ware

Dated

11th century

Period

Northern Song dynasty

Medium

Porcelain clay with transparent pale blue (qinqbai) glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 26.1 x 13.7 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

64

Wall

East

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1907.289

Freer Source

Dr. Horace N. Allen

Freer Source City

Toledo

Freer Source State

OH

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:21 +0000 <![CDATA[Ewer]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3155

Dublin Core

Title

Ewer

Description

Ewer
This Chinese porcelain ewer was excavated from a Goryeo dynasty tomb in Korea. It was acquired by Horace Allen, who first traveled to Korea in 1884 as a Presbyterian medical missionary. Allen, who was later named ambassador, went on to assemble a remarkable collection of ceramics, many taken from the tombs of Korean nobility. Freer purchased his entire set of eighty pieces when it was offered for sale in 1907. He went over the collection with the scholar Ernest Fenollosa, who immediately wondered, "Can some of them be Chinese?" More recent scholarship has confirmed Fenollosa's hunch: this ewer, and some of the other pieces acquired from Allen, are now understood to be Chinese and to date to the Song dynasty. They document the extensive use of imported Chinese ceramics by the Goryeo nobility.

Date

late 11th-early 12th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dr. Horace N. Allen

Format

Porcelain with transparent pale blue (<i>qingbai</i>) glaze
Qingbai ware
HxW: 22.0 x 12.1 cm

Identifier

F1907.285
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Coverage

2
63
East
Northern Song dynasty
China
United States
Toledo
OH

Freer

Label Text

This Chinese porcelain ewer was excavated from a Goryeo dynasty tomb in Korea. It was acquired by Horace Allen, who first traveled to Korea in 1884 as a Presbyterian medical missionary. Allen, who was later named ambassador, went on to assemble a remarkable collection of ceramics, many taken from the tombs of Korean nobility. Freer purchased his entire set of eighty pieces when it was offered for sale in 1907. He went over the collection with the scholar Ernest Fenollosa, who immediately wondered, "Can some of them be Chinese?" More recent scholarship has confirmed Fenollosa's hunch: this ewer, and some of the other pieces acquired from Allen, are now understood to be Chinese and to date to the Song dynasty. They document the extensive use of imported Chinese ceramics by the Goryeo nobility.

Object Name

Ewer

Ware

Qingbai ware

Dated

late 11th-early 12th century

Period

Northern Song dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with transparent pale blue (<i>qingbai</i>) glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 22.0 x 12.1 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

63

Wall

East

Title

Ewer

Object Number

F1907.285

Freer Source

Dr. Horace N. Allen

Freer Source City

Toledo

Freer Source State

OH

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:19 +0000 <![CDATA[Jardiniere]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3154

Dublin Core

Title

Jardiniere

Description

Jardiniere
The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania." <p>When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Date

1662-1722

Contributor

Gift of Helen D. Lally

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 17.8 x 21.3 x 21.3 cm

Identifier

F1991.58
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Coverage

1
62
East
Qing dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania."

When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Object Name

Jardiniere

Dated

1662-1722

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 17.8 x 21.3 x 21.3 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Helen D. Lally

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

62

Wall

East

Title

Jardiniere

Object Number

F1991.58

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:19 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3153

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

Description

Vase
Although this vase is now thought to be from Edo period Japan, Freer, who described it as "very fine," believed it to be either Korean or thirteenth-century Chinese. He purchased it from the New York store of Yamanaka and Company, and likely compared its landscape design to Japanese ink paintings and to similarly abbreviated views of nature by James McNeill Whistler.

Date

probably 19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Stoneware with white slip and iron decoration under clear glaze
HxW: 24.0 x 17.1 cm

Identifier

F1903.234
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Coverage

2
62
East
Edo period
Japan
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

Although this vase is now thought to be from Edo period Japan, Freer, who described it as "very fine," believed it to be either Korean or thirteenth-century Chinese. He purchased it from the New York store of Yamanaka and Company, and likely compared its landscape design to Japanese ink paintings and to similarly abbreviated views of nature by James McNeill Whistler.

Object Name

Vase

Dated

probably 19th century

Period

Edo period

Medium

Stoneware with white slip and iron decoration under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 24.0 x 17.1 cm

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

62

Wall

East

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1903.234

Freer Source

Yamanaka and Co.

Freer Source City

New York

Freer Source State

New York

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1903.234.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:19 +0000 <![CDATA[Bottle]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3152

Dublin Core

Title

Bottle

Description

Bottle
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.

Date

late 14th-15th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Siegfried Bing

Format

Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze, enamels over glaze
Cizhou ware
HxW: 27.5 x 19.5 cm

Identifier

F1901.64
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Coverage

2
61
East
Ming dynasty
China
France
Paris

Freer

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

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:19 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase in rouleau form]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3151

Dublin Core

Title

Vase in rouleau form

Description

Vase
The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania." <p>When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Date

mid 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Gift of Betty and John Menke

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Jingdezhen ware
HxW: 45.5 x 18.7 cm

Identifier

F1993.14
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Coverage

1
61
East
Qing dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania."

When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Jingdezhen ware

Dated

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 45.5 x 18.7 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Betty and John Menke

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

61

Wall

East

Title

Vase in rouleau form

Object Number

F1993.14

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:18 +0000 <![CDATA[Pitcher]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3150

Dublin Core

Title

Pitcher

Description

Pitcher
Described by Freer as "an interesting specimen, much restored," this jar was one of a number of Near Eastern ceramics shipped to him on approval by the Parisian art dealer Dikran Kelekian. In 1903, when he purchased this vessel, Freer had only recently turned his attention to ancient and medieval glazed wares from the Near East. As the availability of Japanese art in Western markets began to decline, Kelekian and other dealers looked to the arts of the Islamic world, where recent unofficial excavations had made ceramics and textiles available. This vessel, which dates to the seventeenth or eighteenth century, was already ravaged by time, with a broken foot, a hole in one side, and yellow and brown discolorations all over the brilliant cream-colored glaze. Freer, however, regarded these imperfections as aesthetically distinctive, and because of this, Raqqa ware was especially appealing to Freer. He discerned chromatic harmonies among his already-substantial collection of East Asian ceramics, his tonalist American paintings, and the iridescent glazed vessels from the Near East. He eventually amassed a substantial collection of Near Eastern ceramics. In Detroit, they were prominently featured throughout the Peacock Room, most notably massed around Whistler's <i>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine</i> and in the eye-level shelves along the west wall.

Date

11th-12th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Stone-paste with degraded turquoise alkali-silicate glaze
Rakka ware
HxW: 16.8 x 12.2 cm

Identifier

F1905.77
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Coverage

2
60
East
Raqqa
Syria
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

Described by Freer as "an interesting specimen, much restored," this jar was one of a number of Near Eastern ceramics shipped to him on approval by the Parisian art dealer Dikran Kelekian. In 1903, when he purchased this vessel, Freer had only recently turned his attention to ancient and medieval glazed wares from the Near East. As the availability of Japanese art in Western markets began to decline, Kelekian and other dealers looked to the arts of the Islamic world, where recent unofficial excavations had made ceramics and textiles available. This vessel, which dates to the seventeenth or eighteenth century, was already ravaged by time, with a broken foot, a hole in one side, and yellow and brown discolorations all over the brilliant cream-colored glaze. Freer, however, regarded these imperfections as aesthetically distinctive, and because of this, Raqqa ware was especially appealing to Freer. He discerned chromatic harmonies among his already-substantial collection of East Asian ceramics, his tonalist American paintings, and the iridescent glazed vessels from the Near East. He eventually amassed a substantial collection of Near Eastern ceramics. In Detroit, they were prominently featured throughout the Peacock Room, most notably massed around Whistler's La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine and in the eye-level shelves along the west wall.

Object Name

Pitcher

Ware

Rakka ware

Dated

11th-12th century

Medium

Stone-paste with degraded turquoise alkali-silicate glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 16.8 x 12.2 cm

City

Raqqa

Country

Syria

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

60

Wall

East

Title

Pitcher

Object Number

F1905.77

Freer Source

Dikran G. Kelekian

Freer Source City

Paris

Freer Source Country

France

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1905.77.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:18 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar with cover, one of a five-piece garniture]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3149

Dublin Core

Title

Jar with cover, one of a five-piece garniture

Description

Jar
The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania." <p>When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Date

mid 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Gift of Mr. Pierre Durand

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 20.6 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm

Identifier

F1992.47.3a-b
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Coverage

1
59
East
Qing dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

The Peacock Room, originally the dining room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland, was intended to showcase its owner's extensive collection of Chinese blue-and -white porcelain. Among his 300-plus pieces were examples similar to this vessel. Known as Kangxi ware, these pots were produced in the Jingdezhen region during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). They became so popular with Victorian consumers that the press mockingly dubbed the craze "Chinamania."

When Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room in London in 1904, it had already been emptied of its blue-and-white porcelains. Freer, in any case, did not care for their slick surfaces and bright glazes. Beginning in the 1980s, the Freer Gallery of Art began to acquire blue-and-whites for display in the Peacock Room, in an effort to evoke the chromatic relationships and pictorial patterns that inspired Whistler and his contemporaries.

Object Name

Jar

Dated

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 20.6 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Pierre Durand

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

59

Wall

East

Title

Jar with cover, one of a five-piece garniture

Object Number

F1992.47.3a-b

Image

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