Dish

Dish

12th century?

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted underglaze

HxW: 5.1 x 20.2 cm

F1903.193

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160

West

Iran

France

Paris

Vessel

Vessel

11th-12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted with glaze

HxW: 18.2 x 25.5 cm

F1904.149

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159

West

Syria

France

Paris

Jar

Jar

11th-12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste; painted under glaze

HxW: 28.4 x 20.2 cm

F1907.184

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158

West

Syria

France

Paris

Bowl, octagonal; bold spreading foot; broken and repaired

Bowl

Described by Freer as "important and rare," this turquoise-colored bowl was believed to be Mesopotamian, an example of so-called Raqqa ware. It is now recognized as Iranian in origin. Encouraged by the Paris-based art dealer Dikran Kelekian, Freer became an avid collector of medieval and ancient Near Eastern ceramics, eventually amassing a substantial collection. In Detroit they were prominently featured throughout the Peacock Room, most notably massed around <i>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine</i> and in the eye-level shelves along the west wall.

1169-1233

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 14.2 x 19.1 cm

F1906.40

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157

West

Saljuq period

Iran

France

Paris

Jar

Jar

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Glazed clay

HxW: 17.2 x 18.0 cm

F1906.41

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156

West

Iran

France

Paris

Tile

Tile

14th-15th century?

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste

HxW: 2.4 x 21.9 cm

F1904.287

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155

West

Syria

France

Paris

Dish

Dish

1st-3rd century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Clay: soft, reddish. Glaze: blue-green, partially discolored and disintegrated.

HxW: 6.0 x 27.9 cm

F1905.254

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154

South

Roman Period

Egypt

France

Paris

Stele: a tile head piece for a grave

Tile

12th-13th century?

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 35.7 x 26.0 cm

F1905.257

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153

West

Raqqa

Syria

France

Paris

Bottle

Bottle

11th-12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Siegfried Bing

Glazed clay

HxW: 20.0 x 18.4 cm

F1905.245

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152

West

Syria

France

Paris

Tile

Tile

14th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste, molded and painted under glaze

HxW: 2.2 x 23.8 cm

F1903.200

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151

West

Il-Khanid period

Iran

France

Paris

Dish

Dish

1st-3rd century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Clay: soft, reddish. Glaze; turquoise blue-green.

HxW: 7.2 x 28.2 cm

F1905.252

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150

West

Roman Period

Egypt

France

Paris

Jar

Jar

11th-12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted with glaze

HxW: 31.0 x 29.9 cm

F1905.239

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West

Syria

France

Paris

Tile

Tile

When Freer displayed this fourteenth-century Iranian tile in the Peacock Room in Detroit in 1908, he placed it alongside an array of other Near Eastern tiles and ceramic vessels, all with a variety of blue glazes. He had become interested in Near Eastern pottery in 1902 and went on to purchase a great number of such specimens from the Paris-based dealer Dikran Kelekian. This Iranian ceramic&#151;in the design of an eight-pointed star&#151;has been attributed to the Il-Khanid dynasty (1256-1353) in Rhages, in the province of Tehran.

14th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted underglaze

HxW: 2.0 x 20.2 cm

F1904.288

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148.1

West

Il-Khanid period

Iran

France

Paris

Tile

Tile

14th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste molded and painted under glaze

HxW: 2.1 x 20.3 cm

F1903.228

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148

West

Il-Khanid period

Iran

France

Paris

Pot

Pot

Raqqa wares like this one-handled pot only began to appear on the art market at the turn of the last century, following the excavation of ancient and medieval pottery in northern Mesopotamia, near modern-day Mosul, and in the south, near Baghdad and along the Gulf. Freer was an early enthusiast: he purchased this piece in 1902 and eventually amassed a substantial collection of Near Eastern ceramics. In Detroit, they were prominently featured throughout the Peacock Room, most notably massed around <i>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine</i> and in the eye-level shelves along the west wall.

12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 12.9 x 19.8 cm

F1902.244

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147

West

Syria

France

Paris

Jar

Jar

19th century?

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 27.3 x 18.0 cm

F1902.197

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146

West

Iran

France

Paris

Bottle

Bottle

17th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

J. Spier

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 32.1 x 18.0 cm

F1906.14

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145

West

Safavid period

Iran

England

London

Sake bottle

Bottle (tokkuri)

19th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Matsuki Bunkyo

Stoneware with iron slip and rice-straw ash glaze

Seba ware

HxWxD: 21.8 x 13.2 x 13.2 cm

F1899.45

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West

Edo period

Japan

United States

Boston

Massachusetts

Tomb jar

Tomb jar

In the Peacock Room in Detroit, Freer displayed this Han dynasty tomb jar with several other examples of early Chinese funerary wares. The cultural significance of the jar, however, was probably less compelling for him than its textured, iridescent silvery-green surface. Around the same time that he purchased the jar, he was also acquiring medieval Near Eastern ceramics and contemporary art pottery from Detroit's Pewabic workshop. Both of these types of ceramics also featured iridescent glazes and mottled surfaces, qualities that, for Freer, resonated with the tonalism of his American paintings collection.

early 1st-early 3rd century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Yamanaka and Co.

Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

HxW: 38.5 x 30.4 cm

F1905.82

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143

West

Eastern Han dynasty

China

United States

New York

New York

Jar

Jar

19th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Yamanaka and Co.

Porcelain with ash glaze; lacquered wooden lid

HxW: 21.7 x 26.3 cm

F1898.1a-c

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142

West

Joseon period

Korea

United States

New York

New York

Sake bottle with design of floral sprays

Bottle

Hiyamizu kiln

1660-1700

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Yamanaka and Co.

Stoneware with cobalt decoration under clear glaze

Karatsu ware or Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type

HxW: 22.5 x 16.3 cm

F1903.78

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West

Edo period

Kagoshima

Japan

United States

New York

New York

Sake bottle

Bottle (tokkuri)

18th-19th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Yamanaka and Co.

Stoneware with ash glaze

Mino or Inuyama ware

HxWxD: 24.4 x 17.1 x 17.1 cm

F1898.484

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140

West

Edo period

Japan

United States

New York

New York

Bottle with inlaid design of orchids

Bottle

This Edo period bottle, which Freer purchased in New York from Yamanaka and Company, features a freehand spray of leaves along with a more formalized "rope-curtain" collar along the neck. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, it was exhibited with other dark, glossy ceramics, some of which were decorated with touches of gold pigment.

Agano Yaguma (1795-1871)

1830-1860

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Yamanaka and Co.

Stoneware with white slip inlaid under clear glaze

Yatsushiro ware

HxWxD: 22.8 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm

F1898.140

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South

Edo period

Yatsushiro

Japan

United States

New York

New York

Bottle

Bottle

Takeo Karatsu kilns

1640-1700

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Yamanaka and Co.

Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze

Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type

HxW: 38.9 x 33.7 cm

F1898.17

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138

West

Edo period

Takeo

Japan

United States

New York

New York

Jar with five vertical lugs and short spout

Jar

16th-mid 17th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Y. Fujita and Company

Stoneware with iron slip under mottled ash glaze.

HxW: 19.0 x 24.8 cm

F1901.174

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137

West

Ming dynasty

China

Japan

Kyoto

Jar with five loop handles and relief floral vinescroll decoration

Jar

Zhangzhou kilns

16th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Yamanaka and Co.

Stoneware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

Zhangzhou ware

HxW: 23.5 x 23.1 cm

F1902.204

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136

West

Ming dynasty

China

United States

New York

New York

Bottle

Bottle (heishi)

early 15th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Matsuki Bunkyo

Stoneware with ash glaze; plaster repair to rim

Seto ware

HxW: 24.2 x 16.3 cm

F1900.64

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135

West

Muromachi period

Seto

Japan

United States

Boston

Massachusetts

Jar

Vase

6th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Yamanaka and Co.

Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

HxW: 34.2 x 27.5 cm

F1906.243

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West

Northern Qi or Northern Zhou dynasty

China

United States

New York

New York

Tea-leaf storage jar

Tea-leaf storage jar (chatsubo)

A pair of glazes applied to the stoneware of this late seventeenth-century Edo jar gives two unique and striking effects. A thick, mottled olive green ash glaze (called ameyu in Japan) produces purple splashes that flow randomly from the jar's shoulder on one side. An all-over coating of iron-slip glaze (called akadobe) creates a golden-dimpled appearance on another side of the tea-leaf storage jar, or chatsubo. In his object notes about the jar, which he purchased from Yamanaka and Company in 1899, Freer described the vessel as "Good. Not very fine."

late 17th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Yamanaka and Co.

Stoneware with slip glaze and ash glaze

Tamba ware

HxW: 29.1 x 24.2 cm

F1899.9

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West

Edo period

Tachiku

Japan

United States

New York

New York

Vase

Vase

Shiwan kilns

18th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Stoneware with Guan-style glaze

Shiwan (Shekwan) ware

HxW: 27.4 x 18.5 cm

F1907.55a-b

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West

Qing dynasty

China

Vase

Vase

After purchasing this nineteenth century vase in China, Freer speculated that it was "probably Ming but may be later Yuan." It is now known to be of more recent date, from the Qing dynasty of China. Its saturated coloration, with splashes of strawberry red and cobalt blue, relates to the many piece of Jun and Jun-style wares that Freer displayed on the adjacent wall, beneath Whistler's mural of two battling peacocks.

19th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Stoneware with Jun-style glaze and copper pigment

Guangdong ware

HxW: 17.2 x 7.5 cm

F1907.65a-b

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West

Qing dynasty

China

Vase in form of cong

Vase

Shiwan kilns

Strong horizontal and vertical lines characterize this Ming dynasty vase decorated with narrow bands in relief. It is a square shape&#151;known as <i>cong</i>&#151;that combines a square outer tube with a circular inner section. The form appears much earlier, in ancient Chinese jades. Here, the stoneware form is adapted for use as a flower-vase; its brilliant deep cream glaze that has a slight iridescence. Freer purchased it in 1907 during a trip to China.

16th-mid 17th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Stoneware with opaque ivory glaze

Shiwan (Shekwan) ware

HxW: 22.7 x 9.1 cm

F1907.44

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West

Ming dynasty

China