<![CDATA[The Peacock Room]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/browse/tag/china/page/5?output=rss2 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 02:33:37 +0000 libwebmaster@wayne.edu (The Peacock Room) Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Bowl with design of Daoist Immortals and Shou Lao]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3192

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Title

Bowl with design of Daoist Immortals and Shou Lao

Description

Bowl
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 Mrs. John Alexander Pope

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Jingdezhen ware
HxWxD: 8.6 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm

Identifier

F1992.2
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Coverage

1
86
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

Bowl

Ware

Jingdezhen ware

Dated

early 17th century

Period

Ming dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 8.6 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. John Alexander Pope

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

86

Wall

East

Title

Bowl with design of Daoist Immortals and Shou Lao

Object Number

F1992.2

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:42:07 +0000 <![CDATA[Tomb vessel with lid ("hill jar")]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3191

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Title

Tomb vessel with lid ("hill jar")

Description

Tomb vessel
This lidded vessel is one of two closely related Eastern Han dynasty tomb jars that Freer exhibited on what is now the east wall of the Peacock Room, adjacent to one of the gilded peacock shutters. In China, this jar would have been filled with a funeral offering, but Freer was more interested in its aesthetic qualities - its light green glaze with a silvery iridescence that harmonized not only with other ceramics, but with his collection of American tonalist paintings as well.

Date

early 1st-early 3rd century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze
HxW: 227.0 x 20.3 cm

Identifier

F1906.246a-b
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Coverage

2
86
East
Eastern Han dynasty
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

This lidded vessel is one of two closely related Eastern Han dynasty tomb jars that Freer exhibited on what is now the east wall of the Peacock Room, adjacent to one of the gilded peacock shutters. In China, this jar would have been filled with a funeral offering, but Freer was more interested in its aesthetic qualities - its light green glaze with a silvery iridescence that harmonized not only with other ceramics, but with his collection of American tonalist paintings as well.

Object Name

Tomb vessel

Dated

early 1st-early 3rd century

Period

Eastern Han dynasty

Medium

Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 227.0 x 20.3 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

86

Wall

East

Title

Tomb vessel with lid ("hill jar")

Object Number

F1906.246a-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 08:42:03 +0000 <![CDATA[Bottle]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3190

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Title

Bottle

Description

Bottle
This slender baluster-shaped bottle was purchased by Freer from the New York branch of Yamanaka and Company in 1905, and at the time it was thought to date to the Song dynasty. Like many of Freer's ceramics, this piece is now known to be from a later period of production. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, the collector displayed it near a number of other Chinese ceramics, many of them featuring a similarly cream-colored surface with touches of color along the neck or shoulder.

Date

1279-1368

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Stoneware with white slip under clear, colorelss glaze and iron glaze
Cizhou ware
HxW: 27.5 x 12.3 cm

Identifier

F1905.279
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Coverage

2
85
East
Yuan dynasty
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

This slender baluster-shaped bottle was purchased by Freer from the New York branch of Yamanaka and Company in 1905, and at the time it was thought to date to the Song dynasty. Like many of Freer's ceramics, this piece is now known to be from a later period of production. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, the collector displayed it near a number of other Chinese ceramics, many of them featuring a similarly cream-colored surface with touches of color along the neck or shoulder.

Object Name

Bottle

Ware

Cizhou ware

Dated

1279-1368

Period

Yuan dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with white slip under clear, colorelss glaze and iron glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 27.5 x 12.3 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

85

Wall

East

Title

Bottle

Object Number

F1905.279

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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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:42:01 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3189

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Title

Vase

Description

Vase
Zhangzhou kilns
Freer purchased this Qing dynasty vase from the sale of the Samuel Colman collection just after the turn of the twentieth century; he believed it was a much older specimen, dating to the Song dynasty. Western connoisseurs who collected Chinese ceramics at the turn of the century knew relatively little about earlier wares. Since the meticulously formed and decorated Qing dynasty porcelains were generally regarded as the culminating achievement of a centuries-old tradition, it was assumed that wares like this cream-colored stoneware vase&#151;more heavily potted and glazed-were from an earlier, less sophisticated period of production.

Date

mid 17th-19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
American Art Association

Format

Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze
Zhangzhou ware
HxW: 21.4 x 10.9 cm

Identifier

F1902.86
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Coverage

2
84
East
Qing dynasty
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

Freer purchased this Qing dynasty vase from the sale of the Samuel Colman collection just after the turn of the twentieth century; he believed it was a much older specimen, dating to the Song dynasty. Western connoisseurs who collected Chinese ceramics at the turn of the century knew relatively little about earlier wares. Since the meticulously formed and decorated Qing dynasty porcelains were generally regarded as the culminating achievement of a centuries-old tradition, it was assumed that wares like this cream-colored stoneware vase—more heavily potted and glazed-were from an earlier, less sophisticated period of production.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Zhangzhou ware

Dated

mid 17th-19th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 21.4 x 10.9 cm

Locale

Zhangzhou kilns

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

84

Wall

East

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1902.86

Freer Source

American Art Association

Freer Source City

New York

Freer Source State

New York

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:42:01 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase with relief design of peony scroll]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3188

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Title

Vase with relief design of peony scroll

Description

Vase
Shiwan kilns
Western connoisseurs who collected Chinese ceramics at the turn of the century knew relatively little about earlier wares. Since the meticulously formed and decorated Qing dynasty porcelains were generally regarded as the culminating achievement of a centuries-old tradition, it was assumed that the earlier wares must be more heavily potted and glazed. Thus, when Freer purchased this jar in 1894, he accepted the Song dynasty date assigned to it. However, its robust shape, lustrous glaze, and bold floral decoration are characteristic of the Shiwan wares made in Guangdong province during the late Ming and Qing dynasties. This vase is an especially fine example of Shiwan ware, and its quality helps explain why both Chinese and Western collectors originally valued such objects so highly.

Date

17th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
R. E. Moore

Format

Stoneware with opaque white glaze
Shiwan (Shekwan) ware
HxW: 32.3 x 23.6 cm

Identifier

F1894.3a-b
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Coverage

2
83
East
Ming dynasty
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

Western connoisseurs who collected Chinese ceramics at the turn of the century knew relatively little about earlier wares. Since the meticulously formed and decorated Qing dynasty porcelains were generally regarded as the culminating achievement of a centuries-old tradition, it was assumed that the earlier wares must be more heavily potted and glazed. Thus, when Freer purchased this jar in 1894, he accepted the Song dynasty date assigned to it. However, its robust shape, lustrous glaze, and bold floral decoration are characteristic of the Shiwan wares made in Guangdong province during the late Ming and Qing dynasties. This vase is an especially fine example of Shiwan ware, and its quality helps explain why both Chinese and Western collectors originally valued such objects so highly.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Shiwan (Shekwan) ware

Dated

17th century

Period

Ming dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with opaque white glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 32.3 x 23.6 cm

Locale

Shiwan kilns

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

83

Wall

East

Title

Vase with relief design of peony scroll

Object Number

F1894.3a-b

Freer Source

R. E. Moore

Freer Source City

New York

Freer Source State

New York

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:42:01 +0000 <![CDATA[Lidded jar with design of butterflies]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3187

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Title

Lidded jar with design of butterflies

Description

Jar
This lidded jar, which Freer acquired from the dealer Matsuki Bunkyo in 1896, was originally thought to be much older. Freer initially was uncertain if it were from the Song, Yuan, or Ming dynasty, but, perhaps because he thought it "fine," finally convinced himself in 1918 that it was indeed a Song piece. It is actually from the 19th century, and it was formed by the modern industrial technique of slip-casting. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, this jar was displayed on a high shelf along the east wall, where the butterfly design related to neighboring ceramics decorated with images of flora and fauna.

Date

19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Matsuki Bunkyo

Format

Stoneware with white slip, iron pigment under and over clear glaze.
Cizhou-type ware
HxWxD: 17.5 x 13.0 x 18.1 cm

Identifier

F1896.42a-b
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Coverage

2
82
East
Qing dynasty
China
United States
Boston
Massachusetts

Freer

Label Text

This lidded jar, which Freer acquired from the dealer Matsuki Bunkyo in 1896, was originally thought to be much older. Freer initially was uncertain if it were from the Song, Yuan, or Ming dynasty, but, perhaps because he thought it "fine," finally convinced himself in 1918 that it was indeed a Song piece. It is actually from the 19th century, and it was formed by the modern industrial technique of slip-casting. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, this jar was displayed on a high shelf along the east wall, where the butterfly design related to neighboring ceramics decorated with images of flora and fauna.

Object Name

Jar

Ware

Cizhou-type ware

Dated

19th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with white slip, iron pigment under and over clear glaze.

Dimensions

HxWxD: 17.5 x 13.0 x 18.1 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

82

Wall

East

Title

Lidded jar with design of butterflies

Object Number

F1896.42a-b

Freer Source

Matsuki Bunkyo

Freer Source City

Boston

Freer Source State

Massachusetts

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:42:01 +0000 <![CDATA[Dish]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3186

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Title

Dish

Description

Dish
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

18th century

Contributor

Gift of Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under colorless glaze
HxWxD: 2.9 x 13.7 x 13.7 cm

Identifier

F1991.50
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Coverage

1
81
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

Dish

Dated

18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under colorless glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 2.9 x 13.7 x 13.7 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

81

Wall

East

Title

Dish

Object Number

F1991.50

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:56 +0000 <![CDATA[Tomb jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3185

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Title

Tomb jar

Description

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 subtly textured, slightly iridescent green surface. Shortly after he purchased this vessel, he began to acquire 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.

Date

early 1st-early 3rd century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze
HxW: 14.4 x 18.1 cm

Identifier

F1902.202
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Coverage

2
81
East
Eastern Han dynasty
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

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 subtly textured, slightly iridescent green surface. Shortly after he purchased this vessel, he began to acquire 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.

Object Name

Tomb jar

Dated

early 1st-early 3rd century

Period

Eastern Han dynasty

Medium

Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 14.4 x 18.1 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

81

Wall

East

Title

Tomb jar

Object Number

F1902.202

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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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:56 +0000 <![CDATA[Dish]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3184

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Title

Dish

Description

Dish
Freer purchased this Chinese porcelain dish during his 1907 visit to Japan. It is one of the few ceramics that Freer acquired there: most of his Japanese and Chinese ceramics came from dealers in the United States, such as Yamanaka and Company in New York and Matsuki Bunkyo in Boston.

Date

18th-19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Format

Porcelain with copper-based peach bloom glaze and cobalt inscription under clear glaze
Jingdezhen ware
HxW: 4.7 x 20.5 cm

Identifier

F1907.526
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Coverage

2
80
East
Qing dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

Freer purchased this Chinese porcelain dish during his 1907 visit to Japan. It is one of the few ceramics that Freer acquired there: most of his Japanese and Chinese ceramics came from dealers in the United States, such as Yamanaka and Company in New York and Matsuki Bunkyo in Boston.

Object Name

Dish

Ware

Jingdezhen ware

Dated

18th-19th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with copper-based peach bloom glaze and cobalt inscription under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 4.7 x 20.5 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

80

Wall

East

Title

Dish

Object Number

F1907.526

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1907.526.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:56 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3183

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

1662-1722

Contributor

Gift of Mrs. Maureen R. Jacoby in memory of Rolf Jacoby

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 25.7 x 12.9 x 12.9 cm

Identifier

F1992.46
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Coverage

1
80
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

1662-1722

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 25.7 x 12.9 x 12.9 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Maureen R. Jacoby in memory of Rolf Jacoby

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

80

Wall

East

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1992.46

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1992.46.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:56 +0000 <![CDATA[Tomb vessel with lid ("hill jar")]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3182

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Title

Tomb vessel with lid ("hill jar")

Description

Tomb vessel
This Eastern Han dynasty tomb jar, purchased by Freer in 1905, came from the New York gallery of Yamanaka and Company. In China, it would have been filled with funeral offerings, but Freer was more interested in its aesthetic qualities than its original use. This example features a bluish-green glaze with a golden iridescence and an overflow of yellow. The lid has been repaired with gold lacquer, giving it a particularly apt chromatic resonance with the Peacock Room, whose secondary title is "Harmony in Blue and Gold." The following year, Freer purchased a similar specimen from the same dealer, which he displayed adjacent to this one.

Date

early 1st-early 3rd century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze
HxW: 24.9 x 21.5 cm

Identifier

F1905.83a-b
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Coverage

2
79
East
Eastern Han dynasty
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

This Eastern Han dynasty tomb jar, purchased by Freer in 1905, came from the New York gallery of Yamanaka and Company. In China, it would have been filled with funeral offerings, but Freer was more interested in its aesthetic qualities than its original use. This example features a bluish-green glaze with a golden iridescence and an overflow of yellow. The lid has been repaired with gold lacquer, giving it a particularly apt chromatic resonance with the Peacock Room, whose secondary title is "Harmony in Blue and Gold." The following year, Freer purchased a similar specimen from the same dealer, which he displayed adjacent to this one.

Object Name

Tomb vessel

Dated

early 1st-early 3rd century

Period

Eastern Han dynasty

Medium

Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 24.9 x 21.5 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

79

Wall

East

Title

Tomb vessel with lid ("hill jar")

Object Number

F1905.83a-b

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/F1905.83a-b.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:56 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase, one of a pair with F1993.8.2]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3181

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Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1993.8.2

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: 43.0 x 19.1 x 19.1 cm

Identifier

F1993.8.1
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Coverage

1
78
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: 43.0 x 19.1 x 19.1 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Purchase--Friends of Asian Arts

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

78

Wall

East

Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1993.8.2

Object Number

F1993.8.1

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:55 +0000 <![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/3178

Dublin Core

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

Dublin Core

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[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3176

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 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 with lid, one of a pair with F2004.37.1a-c.]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3174

Dublin Core

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[Vase, one of a pair with F1993.8.1]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3172

Dublin Core

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

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

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

Dublin Core

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

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1992.33.jpg

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

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1991.46.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

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

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F2004.37.1a-c.jpg

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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]]> 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[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[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[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

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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[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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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:18 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase, in the "Venetian" style]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3145

Dublin Core

Title

Vase, in the "Venetian" style

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 Dries Blitz in memory of Dr. J. Blitz

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 24.3 x 13.3 x 13.3 cm

Identifier

F1992.56
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Coverage

1
57
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

Vase

Dated

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 24.3 x 13.3 x 13.3 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Dries Blitz in memory of Dr. J. Blitz

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

57

Wall

North

Title

Vase, in the "Venetian" style

Object Number

F1992.56

Image

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