<![CDATA[The Peacock Room]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/browse/tag/china/page/6?output=rss2 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:31:05 +0000 libwebmaster@wayne.edu (The Peacock Room) Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Dish]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3141

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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

1662-1722

Contributor

Gift of Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxW: 4.2 x 34.6 cm

Identifier

F2002.10.1
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Coverage

1
54
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

Dish

Dated

1662-1722

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 4.2 x 34.6 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

54

Wall

North

Title

Dish

Object Number

F2002.10.1

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:08 +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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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:05 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3134

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Title

Vase

Description

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

Date

1662-1722

Contributor

Gift of Henry and Ruth Trubner

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 43.0 x 15.9 x 15.9 cm

Identifier

F1993.7.2
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Coverage

1
48
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

1662-1722

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 43.0 x 15.9 x 15.9 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Henry and Ruth Trubner

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

48

Wall

North

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1993.7.2

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:53 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3131

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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

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1897.6.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Dish]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3128

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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

late 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Gift of the Lydman Collection

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 3.8 x 21.9 x 21.9 cm

Identifier

F1992.36
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Coverage

1
42
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

Dish

Dated

late 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 3.8 x 21.9 x 21.9 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of the Lydman Collection

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

42

Wall

North

Title

Dish

Object Number

F1992.36

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Dish, one of a pair with F1992.48.1]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3123

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Title

Dish, one of a pair with F1992.48.1

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

mid 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Gift of Mr. Pierre Durand

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 2.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm

Identifier

F1992.48.2
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Coverage

1
40
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

Dish

Dated

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 2.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Pierre Durand

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

40

Wall

North

Title

Dish, one of a pair with F1992.48.1

Object Number

F1992.48.2

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1992.48.2.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase, one of a pair with F1992.13.1]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3122

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Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1992.13.1

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

Gift of Mr. Pierre Durand

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 44.6 x 21.6 x 21.6 cm

Identifier

F1992.13.2
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Coverage

1
39
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: 44.6 x 21.6 x 21.6 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Pierre Durand

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

39

Wall

North

Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1992.13.1

Object Number

F1992.13.2

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1992.13.2.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Tomb jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3121

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Title

Tomb jar

Description

Tomb jar
This tall slender tomb jar from the Southern Song dynasty is one of eight such elaborately decorated vessels that Freer displayed as pairs in the Peacock Room in Detroit. He purchased this example from the New York gallery of Yamanaka and Company, and he was told that it and other "specimens of this kind" had been "recovered from ancient Buddhist tombs" in Korea. While that was probably true, this particular jar is now known to be Chinese in origin and to date to the thirteenth century. Originally an accoutrement of burial in China as well as Korea, it would have been paired with another jar of the same shape, both of which would have held funeral offerings of grain meant to assist the deceased in the afterlife.

Date

13th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Porcelain with bluish transparent (qingbai) glaze
Qingbai ware
HxW: 36.3 x 11.3 cm

Identifier

F1904.321
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Coverage

2
39
North
Southern Song dynasty
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

This tall slender tomb jar from the Southern Song dynasty is one of eight such elaborately decorated vessels that Freer displayed as pairs in the Peacock Room in Detroit. He purchased this example from the New York gallery of Yamanaka and Company, and he was told that it and other "specimens of this kind" had been "recovered from ancient Buddhist tombs" in Korea. While that was probably true, this particular jar is now known to be Chinese in origin and to date to the thirteenth century. Originally an accoutrement of burial in China as well as Korea, it would have been paired with another jar of the same shape, both of which would have held funeral offerings of grain meant to assist the deceased in the afterlife.

Object Name

Tomb jar

Ware

Qingbai ware

Dated

13th century

Period

Southern Song dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with bluish transparent (qingbai) glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 36.3 x 11.3 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

39

Wall

North

Title

Tomb jar

Object Number

F1904.321

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/F1904.321.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3118

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 Helen D. Lally

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 27.0 x 11.1 x 11.1 cm

Identifier

F1991.61
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Coverage

1
36
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: 27.0 x 11.1 x 11.1 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Helen D. Lally

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

36

Wall

North

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1991.61

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1991.61.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

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:45 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3104

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

ca. 1700

Contributor

Gift of Mrs. Julia Curtis

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 26.4 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm

Identifier

F1991.48
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Coverage

1
25
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

ca. 1700

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 26.4 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Julia Curtis

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

25

Wall

North

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1991.48

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:44 +0000 <![CDATA[Bottle with decoration of clouds and phoenixes]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3103

Dublin Core

Title

Bottle with decoration of clouds and phoenixes

Description

Bottle
When Freer loaned this bottle to an exhibition of East Asian ceramics at the Japan Society of New York in February 1914, it was thought to date to the Song dynasty. Like many of the ceramics that Freer purchased from the dealer Matsuki Bunkyo, this vessel has since been identified as dating to the Yuan dynasty. This was not necessarily because Matsuki was misrepresenting his goods; almost no one understood Yuan ceramics well until the 1950s. In the Peacock Room, the bottle was exhibited with other dark, glossy ceramics, some of which were similarly decorated with touches of gold pigment.

Date

13th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Matsuki Bunkyo

Format

Stoneware with dark glaze and traces of gold pigment
Jizhou ware
HxW: 26.4 x 15.5 cm

Identifier

F1905.273
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Coverage

2
25
North
Yuan dynasty
China
United States
Boston
Massachusetts

Freer

Label Text

When Freer loaned this bottle to an exhibition of East Asian ceramics at the Japan Society of New York in February 1914, it was thought to date to the Song dynasty. Like many of the ceramics that Freer purchased from the dealer Matsuki Bunkyo, this vessel has since been identified as dating to the Yuan dynasty. This was not necessarily because Matsuki was misrepresenting his goods; almost no one understood Yuan ceramics well until the 1950s. In the Peacock Room, the bottle was exhibited with other dark, glossy ceramics, some of which were similarly decorated with touches of gold pigment.

Object Name

Bottle

Ware

Jizhou ware

Dated

13th century

Period

Yuan dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with dark glaze and traces of gold pigment

Dimensions

HxW: 26.4 x 15.5 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

25

Wall

North

Title

Bottle with decoration of clouds and phoenixes

Object Number

F1905.273

Freer Source

Matsuki Bunkyo

Freer Source City

Boston

Freer Source State

Massachusetts

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1905.273.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

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:41 +0000 <![CDATA[Dish]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3098

Dublin Core

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

late 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Gift of the Lydman Collection

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 4.8 x 21.3 x 21.3 cm

Identifier

F1992.35
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Coverage

1
21
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

Dish

Dated

late 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 4.8 x 21.3 x 21.3 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of the Lydman Collection

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

21

Wall

North

Title

Dish

Object Number

F1992.35

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:41 +0000 <![CDATA[Bottle]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3097

Dublin Core

Title

Bottle

Description

Bottle
Jizhou kilns
The geographical origins of this bottle were not known to Freer, who purchased it from the Parisian dealer Siegfried Bing along with a number of other East Asian ceramics. Nevertheless, the collector described it as "very important" and suggested that it be exhibited occasionally by itself, as well with groupings of Temmoku wares. In the Peacock Room he placed it adjacent to earth-toned Japanese tea bowls, iridescent Raqqa ware, an antique Roman faience jar, and a Song dynasty tomb jar.

Date

13th-14th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Siegfried Bing

Format

Stoneware with iron glaze splashed with ash glaze
Jizhou ware
HxW: 34.2 x 19.4 cm

Identifier

F1901.65
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Coverage

2
21
North
Yuan dynasty
China
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

The geographical origins of this bottle were not known to Freer, who purchased it from the Parisian dealer Siegfried Bing along with a number of other East Asian ceramics. Nevertheless, the collector described it as "very important" and suggested that it be exhibited occasionally by itself, as well with groupings of Temmoku wares. In the Peacock Room he placed it adjacent to earth-toned Japanese tea bowls, iridescent Raqqa ware, an antique Roman faience jar, and a Song dynasty tomb jar.

Object Name

Bottle

Ware

Jizhou ware

Dated

13th-14th century

Period

Yuan dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with iron glaze splashed with ash glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 34.2 x 19.4 cm

Locale

Jizhou kilns

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

21

Wall

North

Title

Bottle

Object Number

F1901.65

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 08:40:41 +0000 <![CDATA[Tomb jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3096

Dublin Core

Title

Tomb jar

Description

Tomb jar
This tall slender tomb jar from the Southern Song dynasty is one of eight such elaborately decorated vessels that Freer displayed as pairs in the Peacock Room in Detroit. He purchased this example from the New York gallery of Yamanaka and Company, and he was told that it and other "specimens of this kind" had been "recovered from ancient Buddhist tombs" in Korea. While that was probably true, this particular jar is now known to be Chinese in origin and to date to the thirteenth century. Originally an accoutrement of burial in China as well as Korea, it would have been paired with another jar of the same shape, both of which would have held funeral offerings of grain meant to assist the deceased in the afterlife.

Date

13th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Stoneware with celadon glaze
Longquan ware
HxW: 47.9 x 17.5 cm

Identifier

F1906.250
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Coverage

2
20
North
Southern Song dynasty
Longquan
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

This tall slender tomb jar from the Southern Song dynasty is one of eight such elaborately decorated vessels that Freer displayed as pairs in the Peacock Room in Detroit. He purchased this example from the New York gallery of Yamanaka and Company, and he was told that it and other "specimens of this kind" had been "recovered from ancient Buddhist tombs" in Korea. While that was probably true, this particular jar is now known to be Chinese in origin and to date to the thirteenth century. Originally an accoutrement of burial in China as well as Korea, it would have been paired with another jar of the same shape, both of which would have held funeral offerings of grain meant to assist the deceased in the afterlife.

Object Name

Tomb jar

Ware

Longquan ware

Dated

13th century

Period

Southern Song dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with celadon glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 47.9 x 17.5 cm

City

Longquan

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

20

Wall

North

Title

Tomb jar

Object Number

F1906.250

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 08:40:37 +0000 <![CDATA[Dish, one of a pair with F1992.48.1]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3094

Dublin Core

Title

Dish, one of a pair with F1992.48.1

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

mid 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Gift of Mr. Pierre Durand

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 2.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm

Identifier

F1992.48.1
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Coverage

1
19
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

Dish

Dated

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 2.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Pierre Durand

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

19

Wall

North

Title

Dish, one of a pair with F1992.48.1

Object Number

F1992.48.1

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:37 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase, one of a pair with F1992.13.2]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3093

Dublin Core

Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1992.13.2

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

Gift of Mr. Pierre Durand

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 44.5 x 21.6 x 21.6 cm

Identifier

F1992.13.1
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Coverage

1
18
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: 44.5 x 21.6 x 21.6 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Pierre Durand

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

18

Wall

North

Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1992.13.2

Object Number

F1992.13.1

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1992.13.1.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:37 +0000 <![CDATA[Tomb jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3092

Dublin Core

Title

Tomb jar

Description

Tomb jar
This tall slender tomb jar from the Southern Song dynasty is one of eight such elaborately decorated vessels that Freer displayed as pairs in the Peacock Room in Detroit. He purchased this example from the New York gallery of Yamanaka and Company, and he was told that it and other "specimens of this kind" had been "recovered from ancient Buddhist tombs" in Korea. While that was probably true, this particular jar is now known to be Chinese in origin and to date to the thirteenth century. Originally an accoutrement of burial in China as well as Korea, it would have been paired with another jar of the same shape, both of which would have held funeral offerings of grain meant to assist the deceased in the afterlife.

Date

13th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Porcelain with bluish transparent (qingbai) glaze.
Qingbai ware
HxW: 36.7 x 11.0 cm

Identifier

F1905.91
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Coverage

2
18
North
Southern Song dynasty
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

This tall slender tomb jar from the Southern Song dynasty is one of eight such elaborately decorated vessels that Freer displayed as pairs in the Peacock Room in Detroit. He purchased this example from the New York gallery of Yamanaka and Company, and he was told that it and other "specimens of this kind" had been "recovered from ancient Buddhist tombs" in Korea. While that was probably true, this particular jar is now known to be Chinese in origin and to date to the thirteenth century. Originally an accoutrement of burial in China as well as Korea, it would have been paired with another jar of the same shape, both of which would have held funeral offerings of grain meant to assist the deceased in the afterlife.

Object Name

Tomb jar

Ware

Qingbai ware

Dated

13th century

Period

Southern Song dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with bluish transparent (qingbai) glaze.

Dimensions

HxW: 36.7 x 11.0 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

18

Wall

North

Title

Tomb jar

Object Number

F1905.91

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/F1905.91.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:37 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3086

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 Henry and Ruth Trubner

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 42.7 x 15.9 x 15.9 cm

Identifier

F1993.7.1
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Coverage

1
13
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

1662-1722

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 42.7 x 15.9 x 15.9 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Henry and Ruth Trubner

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

13

Wall

North

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1993.7.1

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:34 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3085

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Title

Vase

Description

Vase
This striking Ming dynasty stoneware vase with a translucent crackled glaze was loaned by Freer to several exhibitions during his lifetime, including a 1914 presentation at the Japan Society of New York, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1916, where it was part of an exhibition of "early Chinese pottery and sculpture." Freer had purchased it in 1908 from the New York gallery of Yamanaka and Company. Later that same year, he placed it in the Peacock Room on a prominent shelf adjacent to Whistler's painting <i>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine</i> and flanked by a pair of similarly tall, slender Southern Song tomb jars.

Date

16th-mid 17th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze; copper rim.
Dongkhe ware
HxW: 49.6 x 15.1 cm

Identifier

F1908.18a-b
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Coverage

2
12
North
Ming dynasty
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

This striking Ming dynasty stoneware vase with a translucent crackled glaze was loaned by Freer to several exhibitions during his lifetime, including a 1914 presentation at the Japan Society of New York, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1916, where it was part of an exhibition of "early Chinese pottery and sculpture." Freer had purchased it in 1908 from the New York gallery of Yamanaka and Company. Later that same year, he placed it in the Peacock Room on a prominent shelf adjacent to Whistler's painting La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine and flanked by a pair of similarly tall, slender Southern Song tomb jars.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Dongkhe ware

Dated

16th-mid 17th century

Period

Ming dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze; copper rim.

Dimensions

HxW: 49.6 x 15.1 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

12

Wall

North

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1908.18a-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 08:40:34 +0000 <![CDATA[Gourd-shaped vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3084

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Title

Gourd-shaped vase

Description

Vase
Purchased at the sale of the Samuel Colman Collection as an example of Japanese Tamba ware, this gourd-shaped vase nevertheless prompted Freer to wonder about its origins: "The question arises," he noted, "is not his piece of early Chinese manufacture?" Because the history of Asian ceramics was imperfectly understood in by American scholars and collectors in the early years of the twentieth century, pieces were often misattributed. In this case, Freer was correct to suspect that this was a Chinese piece: It was not, however, as old as he thought: the vase is now dated to the eighteenth or nineteenth century and regarded as an example of Yixing ware from Jinagsu province. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, the vase was displayed with a number of other tall, monochromatic vases and jars with dark, complex glazes and mottled surfaces.

Date

18th-19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
American Art Association

Format

Stoneware with blue glaze
Yixing ware
HxWxD: 23.6 x 19.2 x 19.2 cm

Identifier

F1902.73
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Coverage

2
11
North
Qing dynasty
Yixing
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

Purchased at the sale of the Samuel Colman Collection as an example of Japanese Tamba ware, this gourd-shaped vase nevertheless prompted Freer to wonder about its origins: "The question arises," he noted, "is not his piece of early Chinese manufacture?" Because the history of Asian ceramics was imperfectly understood in by American scholars and collectors in the early years of the twentieth century, pieces were often misattributed. In this case, Freer was correct to suspect that this was a Chinese piece: It was not, however, as old as he thought: the vase is now dated to the eighteenth or nineteenth century and regarded as an example of Yixing ware from Jinagsu province. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, the vase was displayed with a number of other tall, monochromatic vases and jars with dark, complex glazes and mottled surfaces.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Yixing ware

Dated

18th-19th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with blue glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 23.6 x 19.2 x 19.2 cm

City

Yixing

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

11

Wall

North

Title

Gourd-shaped vase

Object Number

F1902.73

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 08:40:34 +0000 <![CDATA[Tomb jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3079

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Title

Tomb jar

Description

Tomb jar
This tall slender tomb jar from the Southern Song dynasty is one of eight such elaborately decorated vessels that Freer displayed as pairs in the Peacock Room in Detroit. He purchased this example from the New York gallery of Yamanaka and Company, and he was told that it and other "specimens of this kind" had been "recovered from ancient Buddhist tombs" in Korea. While that was probably true, this particular jar is now known to be Chinese in origin and to date to the thirteenth century. Originally an accoutrement of burial in China as well as Korea, it would have been paired with another jar of the same shape, both of which would have held funeral offerings of grain meant to assist the deceased in the afterlife.

Date

13th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Stoneware with celadon glaze
Longquan ware
HxW: 55.6 x 15.6 cm

Identifier

F1906.249
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Coverage

2
6
North
Southern Song dynasty
Longquan
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

This tall slender tomb jar from the Southern Song dynasty is one of eight such elaborately decorated vessels that Freer displayed as pairs in the Peacock Room in Detroit. He purchased this example from the New York gallery of Yamanaka and Company, and he was told that it and other "specimens of this kind" had been "recovered from ancient Buddhist tombs" in Korea. While that was probably true, this particular jar is now known to be Chinese in origin and to date to the thirteenth century. Originally an accoutrement of burial in China as well as Korea, it would have been paired with another jar of the same shape, both of which would have held funeral offerings of grain meant to assist the deceased in the afterlife.

Object Name

Tomb jar

Ware

Longquan ware

Dated

13th century

Period

Southern Song dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with celadon glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 55.6 x 15.6 cm

City

Longquan

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

6

Wall

North

Title

Tomb jar

Object Number

F1906.249

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 08:40:32 +0000 <![CDATA[Dish]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3078

Dublin Core

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

1662-1722

Contributor

Gift of Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxW: 4.9 x 35.0 cm

Identifier

F2002.10.2
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Coverage

1
5
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

Dish

Dated

1662-1722

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 4.9 x 35.0 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

5

Wall

North

Title

Dish

Object Number

F2002.10.2

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:28 +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

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:28 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3075

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

Description

Vase
Freer described this tall flower-vase, which he purchased in 1906 from the sale of a contemporary English ceramics collector, as "very fine." He believed it had been produced during the Ming dynasty; subsequent scholars, however, have dated it to the Qing dynasty. It is a striking brilliant red-brown and black, finely speckled with a metallic dust, making its surface slightly iridescent. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, it was placed on a high shelf to the left of <i>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine</i>, close to a number of similarly dark, monochromatic vessels from China and Japan.

Date

17th-19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
J. Spier

Format

Stoneware with iron glaze
HxW: 33.8 x 23.2 cm

Identifier

F1906.12
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Coverage

2
4
North
Qing dynasty
China
England
London

Freer

Label Text

Freer described this tall flower-vase, which he purchased in 1906 from the sale of a contemporary English ceramics collector, as "very fine." He believed it had been produced during the Ming dynasty; subsequent scholars, however, have dated it to the Qing dynasty. It is a striking brilliant red-brown and black, finely speckled with a metallic dust, making its surface slightly iridescent. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, it was placed on a high shelf to the left of La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine, close to a number of similarly dark, monochromatic vessels from China and Japan.

Object Name

Vase

Dated

17th-19th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with iron glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 33.8 x 23.2 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

4

Wall

North

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1906.12

Freer Source

J. Spier

Freer Source City

London

Freer Source Country

England

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

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