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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[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

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]]> 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

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

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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

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1903.187.jpg

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

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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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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar with lid]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3158

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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

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1992.14a-b.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:24 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar with cover, one of a five-piece garniture]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3149

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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

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1992.47.3a-b.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:18 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3143

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Title

Jar

Description

Jar
Earthenware jars of this shape, typically covered with an alkaline glaze colored brown, green, or turquoise, are characteristic products from Mesopotamia during the Parthian period of the first through third century BCE. The qualities Freer most admired were the subtle colors, textured surfaces, and iridescent decay of the glaze, which he felt resonated with the complex chromatic qualities of his American paintings, particularly those by James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Dewing, and Dwight Tryon.

Date

1st-3rd century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Earthenware with alkaline glaze
HxW: 26.4 x 19.4 cm

Identifier

F1902.7
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Coverage

2
55
North
Parthian period
Iraq
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

Earthenware jars of this shape, typically covered with an alkaline glaze colored brown, green, or turquoise, are characteristic products from Mesopotamia during the Parthian period of the first through third century BCE. The qualities Freer most admired were the subtle colors, textured surfaces, and iridescent decay of the glaze, which he felt resonated with the complex chromatic qualities of his American paintings, particularly those by James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Dewing, and Dwight Tryon.

Object Name

Jar

Dated

1st-3rd century

Period

Parthian period

Medium

Earthenware with alkaline glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 26.4 x 19.4 cm

Country

Iraq

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

55

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1902.7

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/F1902.7.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:10 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3140

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Title

Jar

Description

Jar
Zhangzhou kilns
Freer acquired this Ming dynasty porcelain jar as a gift from his colleague, Sir William Van Horne (1843-1915), who, like Freer, made his fortune in the railroad industry. (Born in Illinois, Van Horne established his professional career in British Columbia and is best known for overseeing the construction of the first Canadian transcontinental Railway. Like Freer, Van Horne was a regular customer of the Boston-based dealer Matsuki Bunkyo, from whom he may have purchased this blue and white jar. Originally, the vessel was probably produced as export ware, possibly for Southeast Asian markets.

Date

late 16th-early 17th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Sir William Van Horne

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear, colorless glaze
Zhangzhou ware
HxW: 27.2 x 23.9 cm

Identifier

F1906.18
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Coverage

2
53
North
Ming dynasty
China
Canada
Montreal

Freer

Label Text

Freer acquired this Ming dynasty porcelain jar as a gift from his colleague, Sir William Van Horne (1843-1915), who, like Freer, made his fortune in the railroad industry. (Born in Illinois, Van Horne established his professional career in British Columbia and is best known for overseeing the construction of the first Canadian transcontinental Railway. Like Freer, Van Horne was a regular customer of the Boston-based dealer Matsuki Bunkyo, from whom he may have purchased this blue and white jar. Originally, the vessel was probably produced as export ware, possibly for Southeast Asian markets.

Object Name

Jar

Ware

Zhangzhou ware

Dated

late 16th-early 17th century

Period

Ming dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear, colorless glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 27.2 x 23.9 cm

Locale

Zhangzhou kilns

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

53

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1906.18

Freer Source

Sir William Van Horne

Freer Source City

Montreal

Freer Source Country

Canada

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1906.18.jpg

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:05 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar with cover, one of a pair with F1992.10a-b]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3139

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Title

Jar with cover, one of a pair with F1992.10a-b

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

Purchase--Friends of Asian Arts and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Jingdezhen ware
HxWxD: 49.4 x 20.8 x 20.8 cm

Identifier

F1992.11a-b
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Coverage

1
53
North
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

Ware

Jingdezhen ware

Dated

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 49.4 x 20.8 x 20.8 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Purchase--Friends of Asian Arts and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

53

Wall

North

Title

Jar with cover, one of a pair with F1992.10a-b

Object Number

F1992.11a-b

Image

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Title

Jar

Description

Jar
The glaze on this Parthian jar was originally green, but by the time that Freer bought it from Dikran Kelekian in 1905, it had decomposed to a whitish color, with a silvery iridescence. Freer acquired six other vessels like this one: typically covered with brown, green or turquoise alkaline glaze, they are characteristic of the wares produced in Mesopotamia from the first through the third centuries BCE.

Date

1st-3rd century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Earthenware with alkaline glaze
HxW: 27.3 x 19.4 cm

Identifier

F1905.255
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Coverage

2
52
North
Parthian period
Iraq
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

The glaze on this Parthian jar was originally green, but by the time that Freer bought it from Dikran Kelekian in 1905, it had decomposed to a whitish color, with a silvery iridescence. Freer acquired six other vessels like this one: typically covered with brown, green or turquoise alkaline glaze, they are characteristic of the wares produced in Mesopotamia from the first through the third centuries BCE.

Object Name

Jar

Dated

1st-3rd century

Period

Parthian period

Medium

Earthenware with alkaline glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 27.3 x 19.4 cm

Country

Iraq

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

52

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1905.255

Freer Source

Dikran G. Kelekian

Freer Source City

Paris

Freer Source Country

France

Image

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Title

Jar

Description

Jar
"Interesting," noted Freer of this Parthian vessel. "Compare with similar specimens," he added in his inventory notes: And in the Peacock Room in Detroit, he put the suggestion into practice, placing this jar adjacent to four similar examples. Earthenware jars of this shape, typically covered with an alkaline glaze colored brown, green, or turquoise, are characteristic products from Mesopotamia during the Parthian period of the first through third century BCE. Freer acquired his Parthian wares from Dikran Kelekian, whose main gallery was located in Paris.

Date

1st-3rd century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Earthenware with alkaline glaze
HxW: 26.3 x 20.5 cm

Identifier

F1903.191
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Coverage

2
50
North
Parthian period
Iraq
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

"Interesting," noted Freer of this Parthian vessel. "Compare with similar specimens," he added in his inventory notes: And in the Peacock Room in Detroit, he put the suggestion into practice, placing this jar adjacent to four similar examples. Earthenware jars of this shape, typically covered with an alkaline glaze colored brown, green, or turquoise, are characteristic products from Mesopotamia during the Parthian period of the first through third century BCE. Freer acquired his Parthian wares from Dikran Kelekian, whose main gallery was located in Paris.

Object Name

Jar

Dated

1st-3rd century

Period

Parthian period

Medium

Earthenware with alkaline glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 26.3 x 20.5 cm

Country

Iraq

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

50

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1903.191

Freer Source

Dikran G. Kelekian

Freer Source City

Paris

Freer Source Country

France

Image

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Title

Jar

Description

Jar

Date

13th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
unknown

Format

Stone-paste; painted under glaze
Raqq ware
HxW: 45.0 x 30.0 cm

Identifier

F1902.191
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Coverage

2
47
North
Syria

Freer

Object Name

Jar

Ware

Raqq ware

Dated

13th century

Medium

Stone-paste; painted under glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 45.0 x 30.0 cm

Country

Syria

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

47

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1902.191

Freer Source

unknown

Image

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Title

Jar

Description

Jar
Dated to the Ming dynasty, this bluish-black glazed jar is chromatically complex, with areas of lighter tone and an iridescent surface. When Freer purchased it in 1897 from Yamanaka and Company, it was thought to be Japanese. Freer noted that it was "beautiful," and, in his inventory notes, observed, "interesting when seen in individual case; also very impressive shown with specimens of both Chinese and Japanese Temmoku" (the highly regarded dark-glazed tea wares first made at kilns in Fujian province in China and brought to Japan in the thirteenth century by Japanese Buddhist monks). In the Peacock Room, this jar was not, however, shown individually, but was grouped with a number of similarly dark colored East Asian vessels as well as an array of Raqqa ware from the Near East.

Date

1368-1644

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Stoneware with iron wash beneath iron glaze
HxW: 30.0 x 18.9 cm

Identifier

F1897.6
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Coverage

2
46
North
Ming dynasty
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

Dated to the Ming dynasty, this bluish-black glazed jar is chromatically complex, with areas of lighter tone and an iridescent surface. When Freer purchased it in 1897 from Yamanaka and Company, it was thought to be Japanese. Freer noted that it was "beautiful," and, in his inventory notes, observed, "interesting when seen in individual case; also very impressive shown with specimens of both Chinese and Japanese Temmoku" (the highly regarded dark-glazed tea wares first made at kilns in Fujian province in China and brought to Japan in the thirteenth century by Japanese Buddhist monks). In the Peacock Room, this jar was not, however, shown individually, but was grouped with a number of similarly dark colored East Asian vessels as well as an array of Raqqa ware from the Near East.

Object Name

Jar

Dated

1368-1644

Period

Ming dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with iron wash beneath iron glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 30.0 x 18.9 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

46

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1897.6

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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Title

Jar

Description

Jar
The glaze and decoration on this Raqqa ware jar now dated to the twelfth or thirteenth century, is extremely discolored and the surface partially disintegrated. Its abraded greenish glaze, overpainted with luster in shades of brown and cobalt blue, were, however, the vessel's chief attraction for Freer. He described the jar "valuable" and "fine in color." In 1903, when he purchased this vessel from the Paris-based dealer Dikran Kelekian, 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, Siegfried Bing and other dealers looked to the arts of the Islamic world, where recent unofficial excavations had made ceramics and textiles available.

Date

12th-13th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Stone-paste painted under glaze
HxW: 29.0 x 23.8 cm

Identifier

F1903.189
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Coverage

2
45
North
Syria
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

The glaze and decoration on this Raqqa ware jar now dated to the twelfth or thirteenth century, is extremely discolored and the surface partially disintegrated. Its abraded greenish glaze, overpainted with luster in shades of brown and cobalt blue, were, however, the vessel's chief attraction for Freer. He described the jar "valuable" and "fine in color." In 1903, when he purchased this vessel from the Paris-based dealer Dikran Kelekian, 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, Siegfried Bing and other dealers looked to the arts of the Islamic world, where recent unofficial excavations had made ceramics and textiles available.

Object Name

Jar

Dated

12th-13th century

Medium

Stone-paste painted under glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 29.0 x 23.8 cm

Country

Syria

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

45

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1903.189

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/F1903.189.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

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Title

Jar

Description

Jar
Earthenware jars of this shape, typically covered with an alkaline glaze colored brown, green, or turquoise, are characteristic products from Mesopotamia during the Parthian period of the first through third century BCE. The qualities Freer most admired were the subtle colors, textured surfaces, and iridescent decay of the glaze, which he felt resonated with the complex chromatic qualities of his American paintings, particularly those by James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Dewing, and Dwight Tryon.

Date

1st-3rd century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Earthenware with alkaline glaze
HxW: 27.0 x 21.4 cm

Identifier

F1902.192
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Coverage

2
44
North
Parthian period
Iraq
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

Earthenware jars of this shape, typically covered with an alkaline glaze colored brown, green, or turquoise, are characteristic products from Mesopotamia during the Parthian period of the first through third century BCE. The qualities Freer most admired were the subtle colors, textured surfaces, and iridescent decay of the glaze, which he felt resonated with the complex chromatic qualities of his American paintings, particularly those by James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Dewing, and Dwight Tryon.

Object Name

Jar

Dated

1st-3rd century

Period

Parthian period

Medium

Earthenware with alkaline glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 27.0 x 21.4 cm

Country

Iraq

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

44

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1902.192

Freer Source

Dikran G. Kelekian

Freer Source City

Paris

Freer Source Country

France

Image

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Title

Jar

Description

Jar
According to the Paris-based dealer Dikran Kelekian, from whom Freer acquired it in 1903, this jar was excavated from a Persian tomb and was two thousand years old. Despite its advanced state of archaeological decay, the vessel, which is actually an example of Syrian Raqqa ware, dates to the medieval period&#151;the eleventh through the thirteenth century. For Freer, who had only begun to acquire Near Eastern ceramics in 1902, the iridescent, highly degraded turquoise glaze and the rough surface texture of this vessel was one of its chief attractions. He went on to amass a significant collection, many of which were prominently displayed in the Peacock Room in Detroit.

Date

11th-12th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Stone-paste painted with glaze
HxW: 34.6 x 21.7 cm

Identifier

F1903.227
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Coverage

2
42
North
Syria
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

According to the Paris-based dealer Dikran Kelekian, from whom Freer acquired it in 1903, this jar was excavated from a Persian tomb and was two thousand years old. Despite its advanced state of archaeological decay, the vessel, which is actually an example of Syrian Raqqa ware, dates to the medieval period—the eleventh through the thirteenth century. For Freer, who had only begun to acquire Near Eastern ceramics in 1902, the iridescent, highly degraded turquoise glaze and the rough surface texture of this vessel was one of its chief attractions. He went on to amass a significant collection, many of which were prominently displayed in the Peacock Room in Detroit.

Object Name

Jar

Dated

11th-12th century

Medium

Stone-paste painted with glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 34.6 x 21.7 cm

Country

Syria

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

42

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1903.227

Freer Source

Dikran G. Kelekian

Freer Source City

Paris

Freer Source Country

France

Image

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Title

Jar

Description

Jar
Described by Freer as "very beautiful," this jar was one of a number of Near Eastern ceramics and Egyptian antiquities shipped to him on approval by the Parisian art dealer Siegfried Bing. In 1904, 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, Bing and other dealers looked to the arts of the Islamic world, where recent unofficial excavations had made ceramics and textiles available. Raqqa ware was especially appealing to Freer, who discerned chromatic harmonies among his already-substantial collection of East Asian ceramics, his tonalist American paintings, and the iridescent turquoise- and green-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

12th-13th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Siegfried Bing

Format

Stone-paste painted under glaze
HxW: 28.0 x 22.2 cm

Identifier

F1904.144
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Coverage

2
42
North
Syria
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

Described by Freer as "very beautiful," this jar was one of a number of Near Eastern ceramics and Egyptian antiquities shipped to him on approval by the Parisian art dealer Siegfried Bing. In 1904, 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, Bing and other dealers looked to the arts of the Islamic world, where recent unofficial excavations had made ceramics and textiles available. Raqqa ware was especially appealing to Freer, who discerned chromatic harmonies among his already-substantial collection of East Asian ceramics, his tonalist American paintings, and the iridescent turquoise- and green-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

Jar

Dated

12th-13th century

Medium

Stone-paste painted under glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 28.0 x 22.2 cm

Country

Syria

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

42

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1904.144

Freer Source

Siegfried Bing

Freer Source City

Paris

Freer Source Country

France

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1904.144.jpg

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Dublin Core

Title

Jar

Description

Jar
Earthenware jars of this shape, typically covered with an alkaline glaze colored brown, green, or turquoise, are characteristic products from Mesopotamia during the Parthian period of the first through third century BCE. The qualities Freer most admired were the subtle colors, textured surfaces, and iridescent decay of the glaze, which he felt resonated with the complex chromatic qualities of his American paintings, particularly those by James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Dewing, and Dwight Tryon.

Date

1st-3rd century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Format

Earthenware with alkaline glaze
HxW: 27.4 x 19.9 cm

Identifier

F1903.190
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Coverage

2
41
North
Parthian period
Iraq

Freer

Label Text

Earthenware jars of this shape, typically covered with an alkaline glaze colored brown, green, or turquoise, are characteristic products from Mesopotamia during the Parthian period of the first through third century BCE. The qualities Freer most admired were the subtle colors, textured surfaces, and iridescent decay of the glaze, which he felt resonated with the complex chromatic qualities of his American paintings, particularly those by James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Dewing, and Dwight Tryon.

Object Name

Jar

Dated

1st-3rd century

Period

Parthian period

Medium

Earthenware with alkaline glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 27.4 x 19.9 cm

Country

Iraq

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

41

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1903.190

Image

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Title

Jar

Description

Jar
This Japanese stoneware jar, with a mottled gray glaze and drips of purple overflow, was one of the earliest Asian ceramics acquired by Freer. He bought it in 1892 from the New York-based Japanese dealer Tozo Takayanagi, from whom he had also purchased, in the same year, a Japanese painted fan. Freer subsequently turned to Yamanka and Company, another purveyor of Japanese art located on Fifth Avenue, for many of his ceramics purchases. In 1892, however, Tozo seemed to be enjoying a particularly good year. The periodical <i>The Collector</i> noted in its August issue: "Mr. Tozo Takayanagi announces the removal of his Art Rooms to 160 Fifth Avenue. His collection is now especially rich in the finest possible specimens of Japanese bronze, shakudo, porcelain and the like, most of them of an especially valuable decorative character" (see "Forecasts of the Fall Season," <i>The Collector</i> 3:18 (Aug. 15, 1892): 275).

Date

1750-1810

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Tozo Takayanagi

Format

Stoneware with rice-straw ash glaze and trails of wood-ash glaze
Agano ware
HxW: 24.3 x 19.6 cm

Identifier

F1892.30
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Coverage

2
40
North
Edo period
Japan
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

This Japanese stoneware jar, with a mottled gray glaze and drips of purple overflow, was one of the earliest Asian ceramics acquired by Freer. He bought it in 1892 from the New York-based Japanese dealer Tozo Takayanagi, from whom he had also purchased, in the same year, a Japanese painted fan. Freer subsequently turned to Yamanka and Company, another purveyor of Japanese art located on Fifth Avenue, for many of his ceramics purchases. In 1892, however, Tozo seemed to be enjoying a particularly good year. The periodical The Collector noted in its August issue: "Mr. Tozo Takayanagi announces the removal of his Art Rooms to 160 Fifth Avenue. His collection is now especially rich in the finest possible specimens of Japanese bronze, shakudo, porcelain and the like, most of them of an especially valuable decorative character" (see "Forecasts of the Fall Season," The Collector 3:18 (Aug. 15, 1892): 275).

Object Name

Jar

Ware

Agano ware

Dated

1750-1810

Period

Edo period

Medium

Stoneware with rice-straw ash glaze and trails of wood-ash glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 24.3 x 19.6 cm

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

40

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1892.30

Freer Source

Tozo Takayanagi

Freer Source City

New York

Freer Source State

New York

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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Title

Jar

Description

Jar
Raqqa wares like this jar 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, finding chromatic harmonies among his already substantial collection of East Asian ceramics, his tonalist American paintings, and these iridescent turquoise and green-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
HxW: 10.4 x 8.2 cm

Identifier

F1905.286
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Coverage

2
38
North
Raqqa
Syria
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

Raqqa wares like this jar 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, finding chromatic harmonies among his already substantial collection of East Asian ceramics, his tonalist American paintings, and these iridescent turquoise and green-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

Jar

Dated

11th-12th century

Medium

Stone-paste with degraded turquoise alkali-silicate glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 10.4 x 8.2 cm

City

Raqqa

Country

Syria

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

38

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1905.286

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/F1905.286.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:45 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar (amphora) with two handles and an uneven foot]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3119

Dublin Core

Title

Jar (amphora) with two handles and an uneven foot

Description

Jar
Raqqa wares like this jar 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, finding chromatic harmonies among his already substantial collection of East Asian ceramics, the tonalism of his American paintings, and these iridescent turquoise- and green-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 painted under glaze
HxW: 31.0 x 19.0 cm

Identifier

F1904.51
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Coverage

2
37
North
Syria
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

Raqqa wares like this jar 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, finding chromatic harmonies among his already substantial collection of East Asian ceramics, the tonalism of his American paintings, and these iridescent turquoise- and green-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

Jar

Dated

11th-12th century

Medium

Stone-paste painted under glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 31.0 x 19.0 cm

Country

Syria

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

37

Wall

North

Title

Jar (amphora) with two handles and an uneven foot

Object Number

F1904.51

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/F1904.51.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:45 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3117

Dublin Core

Title

Jar

Description

Jar

Date

18th-19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
American Art Association

Format

Stoneware with blue glaze
Yixing ware
HxWxD: 27.4 x 16.6 x 16.6 cm

Identifier

F1905.51
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Coverage

2
36
North
Qing dynasty
Yixing
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Object Name

Jar

Ware

Yixing ware

Dated

18th-19th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with blue glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 27.4 x 16.6 x 16.6 cm

City

Yixing

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

36

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1905.51

Freer Source

American Art Association

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/F1905.51.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:45 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3105

Dublin Core

Title

Jar

Description

Jar
After Freer acquired this highly decayed and damaged Raqqa jar from the Parisian dealer Dikran Kelekian in 1904, he noted that "Kelekian believes that jars of this sort are of early Persian origin. Perhaps Babylonian." Raqqa wares like this jar 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. Their cultural and chronological origins were not yet well understood. Even so, Freer was an early enthusiast, finding chromatic harmonies among his already substantial collection of East Asian ceramics, the tonalism of his American paintings, and these iridescent turquoise- and green-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 painted with glaze
HxW: 32.8 x 20.1 cm

Identifier

F1904.171
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Coverage

2
26
North
Syria
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

After Freer acquired this highly decayed and damaged Raqqa jar from the Parisian dealer Dikran Kelekian in 1904, he noted that "Kelekian believes that jars of this sort are of early Persian origin. Perhaps Babylonian." Raqqa wares like this jar 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. Their cultural and chronological origins were not yet well understood. Even so, Freer was an early enthusiast, finding chromatic harmonies among his already substantial collection of East Asian ceramics, the tonalism of his American paintings, and these iridescent turquoise- and green-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

Jar

Dated

11th-12th century

Medium

Stone-paste painted with glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 32.8 x 20.1 cm

Country

Syria

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

26

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1904.171

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/F1904.171.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:44 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3100

Dublin Core

Title

Jar

Description

Jar
Described by Freer as "an interesting specimen," 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

17th-18th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Stone-paste painted under glaze
HxW: 34.0 x 23.5 cm

Identifier

F1903.188
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Coverage

2
22
North
Syria
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

Described by Freer as "an interesting specimen," 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

Jar

Dated

17th-18th century

Medium

Stone-paste painted under glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 34.0 x 23.5 cm

Country

Syria

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

22

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1903.188

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/F1903.188.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:41 +0000 <![CDATA["Ginger jar" with cover, one of a pair with F1995.3.2 a-b]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3099

Dublin Core

Title

"Ginger jar" with cover, one of a pair with F1995.3.2 a-b

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

Purchase

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 26.4 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm

Identifier

F1995.3.1a-b
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Coverage

1
22
North
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: 26.4 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Purchase

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

22

Wall

North

Title

"Ginger jar" with cover, one of a pair with F1995.3.2 a-b

Object Number

F1995.3.1a-b

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1995.3.1a-b.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:41 +0000 <![CDATA[Tea-leaf storage jar with five lugs]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3095

Dublin Core

Title

Tea-leaf storage jar with five lugs

Description

Jar
This seventeenth-century tea-leaf storage jar came to Freer through the New York branch of Yamanaka and Company, one of his favorite sources for East Asian ceramics. This jar, with its blue-green copper-based glaze, appears in the Peacock Room in Detroit on a shelf near <i>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine</i>, where it was grouped with a diverse array of East and West Asian pots, including Southern Song tomb jars, Japanese tea wares, and iridescent Raqqa ware.

Date

1630-1660

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Stoneware with copper-tinted rice-straw-ash glaze and feldspathic glaze
Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type
HxW: 25.4 x 21.4 cm

Identifier

F1899.60
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Coverage

2
19
North
Edo period
Japan
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

This seventeenth-century tea-leaf storage jar came to Freer through the New York branch of Yamanaka and Company, one of his favorite sources for East Asian ceramics. This jar, with its blue-green copper-based glaze, appears in the Peacock Room in Detroit on a shelf near La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine, where it was grouped with a diverse array of East and West Asian pots, including Southern Song tomb jars, Japanese tea wares, and iridescent Raqqa ware.

Object Name

Jar

Ware

Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type

Dated

1630-1660

Period

Edo period

Medium

Stoneware with copper-tinted rice-straw-ash glaze and feldspathic glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 25.4 x 21.4 cm

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

19

Wall

North

Title

Tea-leaf storage jar with five lugs

Object Number

F1899.60

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/F1899.60.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:37 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3090

Dublin Core

Title

Jar

Description

Jar
In an undated note, Freer referred to this two-handled Roman period jar as worthy of "study, but not for an individual case exhibition." Freer purchased it in 1907 from Dikran Kelekian, one of his customary sources for Raqqa ware and other Near Eastern ceramics. Originally thought to be of Egyptian origin, the vessel is now understood to be Roman. It is an example of faience, a type of fine tin-glazed pottery originally associated with Faenza in Northern Italy, but more accurately derived from Middle Eastern pottery techniques. Examples of this type of pottery have been produced throughout Europe since ancient times.

Date

100-200 C.E.

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Faience (glazed composition)
HxW: 24.7 x 18.8 cm

Identifier

F1907.280
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Coverage

2
16
North
Roman Period
Egypt
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

In an undated note, Freer referred to this two-handled Roman period jar as worthy of "study, but not for an individual case exhibition." Freer purchased it in 1907 from Dikran Kelekian, one of his customary sources for Raqqa ware and other Near Eastern ceramics. Originally thought to be of Egyptian origin, the vessel is now understood to be Roman. It is an example of faience, a type of fine tin-glazed pottery originally associated with Faenza in Northern Italy, but more accurately derived from Middle Eastern pottery techniques. Examples of this type of pottery have been produced throughout Europe since ancient times.

Object Name

Jar

Dated

100-200 C.E.

Period

Roman Period

Medium

Faience (glazed composition)

Dimensions

HxW: 24.7 x 18.8 cm

Country

Egypt

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

16

Wall

North

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1907.280

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/F1907.280.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:34 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar with cover, one of a pair with F1992.11a-b]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3076

Dublin Core

Title

Jar with cover, one of a pair with F1992.11a-b

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.</p>

Date

mid 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Purchase--Friends of Asian Arts and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Jingdezhen ware
HxWxD: 51.0 x 20.8 x 20.8 cm

Identifier

F1992.10a-b
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Coverage

1
4
North
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

Ware

Jingdezhen ware

Dated

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 51.0 x 20.8 x 20.8 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Purchase--Friends of Asian Arts and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

4

Wall

North

Title

Jar with cover, one of a pair with F1992.11a-b

Object Number

F1992.10a-b

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1992.10a-b.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

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