<![CDATA[The Peacock Room]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/browse/tag/vase/page/2?output=rss2 Tue, 19 May 2026 06:16:14 +0000 libwebmaster@wayne.edu (The Peacock Room) Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Bottle-shaped vase, one of a pair with F1982.20]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3195

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Title

Bottle-shaped vase, one of a pair with F1982.20

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: 19.7 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm

Identifier

F1982.19
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Coverage

1
88
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: 19.7 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

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

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

88

Wall

East

Title

Bottle-shaped vase, one of a pair with F1982.20

Object Number

F1982.19

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:42:14 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3194

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Title

Vase

Description

Vase
Shiwan kilns
Speculating about the date of this Chinese vase, Freer mused, "The paste suggests Sung, but the glaze is Yuanish. Learn dynasty and, if possible, province." He had purchased this piece, along with seventeen other specimens, from the Dana Collection Sale, where it was described in the auction catalogue as a "tall jar, with gray crackle, claire-de-lune glaze, broken by crimson and purple splash" Although he was unsure of its precise attribution, Freer did believe this example&#151;with its distinctive blue glaze&#151;was Jun ware, produced in Henan province of China from the Song dynasty through the fifteenth century. It is actually a later example of a Qing dynasty Jun-style glaze. In the Peacock Room, which Freer called "the blue room," this bottle was one of more than forty Jun or Jun-style ceramics displayed along the south wall, just beneath Whistler's allegorical mural of two battling peacocks.

Date

mid 17th-18th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Format

Stoneware with Jun-style glaze
Shiwan (Shekwan) ware
HxW: 30.4 x 12.2 cm

Identifier

F1898.32
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Coverage

2
88
South
Qing dynasty
China

Freer

Label Text

Speculating about the date of this Chinese vase, Freer mused, "The paste suggests Sung, but the glaze is Yuanish. Learn dynasty and, if possible, province." He had purchased this piece, along with seventeen other specimens, from the Dana Collection Sale, where it was described in the auction catalogue as a "tall jar, with gray crackle, claire-de-lune glaze, broken by crimson and purple splash" Although he was unsure of its precise attribution, Freer did believe this example—with its distinctive blue glaze—was Jun ware, produced in Henan province of China from the Song dynasty through the fifteenth century. It is actually a later example of a Qing dynasty Jun-style glaze. In the Peacock Room, which Freer called "the blue room," this bottle was one of more than forty Jun or Jun-style ceramics displayed along the south wall, just beneath Whistler's allegorical mural of two battling peacocks.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Shiwan (Shekwan) ware

Dated

mid 17th-18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with Jun-style glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 30.4 x 12.2 cm

Locale

Shiwan kilns

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

88

Wall

South

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1898.32

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:42:14 +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

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1902.86.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> 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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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:42:01 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3183

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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 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

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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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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:55 +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[Vase, one of a pair with F1993.8.1]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3172

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Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1993.8.1

Description

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

Date

mid 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Purchase--Friends of Asian Arts

Format

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

Identifier

F1993.8.2
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Coverage

1
73
East
Qing dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

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

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

Object Name

Vase

Dated

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 42.5 x 18.7 x 18.7 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Purchase--Friends of Asian Arts

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

73

Wall

East

Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1993.8.1

Object Number

F1993.8.2

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

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

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Title

Vase in mimikuchi form

Description

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

Date

19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Matsuki Bunkyo

Format

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

Identifier

F1897.32
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Coverage

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

Freer

Label Text

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

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Kyoto or Seto ware

Dated

19th century

Period

Edo period or Meiji era

Medium

Stoneware with iron glaze; glass-powder repair on base

Dimensions

HxWxD: 33.2 x 37.2 x 19.7 cm

City

Kyoto or Seto

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

73

Wall

East

Title

Vase in mimikuchi form

Object Number

F1897.32

Freer Source

Matsuki Bunkyo

Freer Source City

Boston

Freer Source State

Massachusetts

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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

Still Image Item Type Metadata

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

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

Description

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

Date

mid 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

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

Format

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

Identifier

F1991.46
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Coverage

1
70
East
Qing dynasty
Jingdezhen
China

Freer

Label Text

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

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

Object Name

Vase

Dated

mid 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 42.9 x 18.4 x 18.4 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

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

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

70

Wall

East

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1991.46

Image

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

Dublin Core

Title

Vase with design of peonies

Description

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

Date

1700-1820

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Matsuki Bunkyo

Format

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

Identifier

F1900.66a-b
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Coverage

2
70
East
Edo period
Japan
United States
Boston
Massachusetts

Freer

Label Text

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

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Satsuma ware

Dated

1700-1820

Period

Edo period

Medium

Stoneware with cobalt decoration under translucent glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 31.6 x 28.8 cm

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

70

Wall

East

Title

Vase with design of peonies

Object Number

F1900.66a-b

Freer Source

Matsuki Bunkyo

Freer Source City

Boston

Freer Source State

Massachusetts

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:49 +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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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:30 +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

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1907.289.jpg

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:21 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3153

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

Description

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

Date

probably 19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

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

Identifier

F1903.234
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Coverage

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

Freer

Label Text

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

Object Name

Vase

Dated

probably 19th century

Period

Edo period

Medium

Stoneware with white slip and iron decoration under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 24.0 x 17.1 cm

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

62

Wall

East

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1903.234

Freer Source

Yamanaka and Co.

Freer Source City

New York

Freer Source State

New York

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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]]> 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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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:18 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3146

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

Description

Vase
This jar, glazed greenish gray color with areas of violet-gray and a crackled surface, was believed to be Persian when Freer purchased it in 1902 from Dikran Kelekian. It is now known to be East Asian in origin, although it remains uncertain if it is Chinese or Japanese. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, Freer displayed it alongside other similarly toned ceramics from China, Japan, and Syria.

Date

18th-19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Stoneware with opaque celadon glaze
HxW: 29.1 x 23.1 cm

Identifier

F1902.8
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Coverage

2
57
North
Qing dynasty, Edo period, or Meiji era
China or Japan
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

This jar, glazed greenish gray color with areas of violet-gray and a crackled surface, was believed to be Persian when Freer purchased it in 1902 from Dikran Kelekian. It is now known to be East Asian in origin, although it remains uncertain if it is Chinese or Japanese. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, Freer displayed it alongside other similarly toned ceramics from China, Japan, and Syria.

Object Name

Vase

Dated

18th-19th century

Period

Qing dynasty, Edo period, or Meiji era

Medium

Stoneware with opaque celadon glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 29.1 x 23.1 cm

Country

China or Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

57

Wall

North

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1902.8

Freer Source

Dikran G. Kelekian

Freer Source City

Paris

Freer Source Country

France

Image

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]]> 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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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:14 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3135

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

Description

Vase
"Splendid" was the way that Freer described this cobalt blue glazed vase decorated with a barely discernible incised floral design. He believed it to be an ancient Chinese vessel from the Han dynasty. The first director of the Freer Gallery of Art, John Lodge, was unconvinced: "Don't know what this is," he confessed in an undated note. Most recently, scholars of ceramics have speculated that this vase may have been the product of a late nineteenth-century European art pottery studio, though the gold-lacquer repair on the foot indicates that it may have passed through Japan at some point. In any event, it was the mottled, brilliant blue color-and not the historical origins of the piece-that most interested Freer. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, he displayed it to the right of <i>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine</i>, surrounded by iridescent pieces of Raqqa ware.

Date

19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Stoneware with cobalt-blue salt glaze
HxW: 28.9 x 19.3 cm

Identifier

F1902.35
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Coverage

2
49
North
Japan or Europe
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

"Splendid" was the way that Freer described this cobalt blue glazed vase decorated with a barely discernible incised floral design. He believed it to be an ancient Chinese vessel from the Han dynasty. The first director of the Freer Gallery of Art, John Lodge, was unconvinced: "Don't know what this is," he confessed in an undated note. Most recently, scholars of ceramics have speculated that this vase may have been the product of a late nineteenth-century European art pottery studio, though the gold-lacquer repair on the foot indicates that it may have passed through Japan at some point. In any event, it was the mottled, brilliant blue color-and not the historical origins of the piece-that most interested Freer. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, he displayed it to the right of La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine, surrounded by iridescent pieces of Raqqa ware.

Object Name

Vase

Dated

19th century

Medium

Stoneware with cobalt-blue salt glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 28.9 x 19.3 cm

Country

Japan or Europe

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

49

Wall

North

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1902.35

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/F1902.35.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:41:01 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3134

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: 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

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1993.7.2.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:53 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase, one of a pair with F1992.13.1]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3122

Dublin Core

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

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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

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:45 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase with crescent-moon and sun-shaped lugs]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3115

Dublin Core

Title

Vase with crescent-moon and sun-shaped lugs

Description

Vase
The sun and moon stand in relief as handles on this Edo-period Japanese stoneware vase. Freer purchased the vase from Tozo Takayanagi in 1902 and noted that the vessel was "very fine." He also noted his disagreement with Matsuki Bunkyo, one of his frequent art dealers and a sometime- adviser on purchases of Asian art and ceramics. "B. Matsuki says Tamba. I say Bizen," Freer wrote. Later scholars have agreed that it is not a Tamba piece, but have fallen short of verifying Freer's account. Its delicate proportions and workmanship, including its iron and ash glazes, suggest the Edo or Meiji period, likely from a kiln in the Fukuoka Prefecture of Japan, and associated with the historical region of the Buzen or Chikuzen Province. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, the vase stood on a shelf to the right of the room's focal point, <i>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine.</i>

Date

1800-1880

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Tozo Takayanagi

Format

Stoneware with iron and ash glazes
Possibly Agano or Takatori ware
HxW: 20.2 x 12.2 cm

Identifier

F1902.96
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Coverage

2
34
North
Edo period or Meiji era
Japan
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

The sun and moon stand in relief as handles on this Edo-period Japanese stoneware vase. Freer purchased the vase from Tozo Takayanagi in 1902 and noted that the vessel was "very fine." He also noted his disagreement with Matsuki Bunkyo, one of his frequent art dealers and a sometime- adviser on purchases of Asian art and ceramics. "B. Matsuki says Tamba. I say Bizen," Freer wrote. Later scholars have agreed that it is not a Tamba piece, but have fallen short of verifying Freer's account. Its delicate proportions and workmanship, including its iron and ash glazes, suggest the Edo or Meiji period, likely from a kiln in the Fukuoka Prefecture of Japan, and associated with the historical region of the Buzen or Chikuzen Province. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, the vase stood on a shelf to the right of the room's focal point, La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Possibly Agano or Takatori ware

Dated

1800-1880

Period

Edo period or Meiji era

Medium

Stoneware with iron and ash glazes

Dimensions

HxW: 20.2 x 12.2 cm

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

34

Wall

North

Title

Vase with crescent-moon and sun-shaped lugs

Object Number

F1902.96

Freer Source

Tozo Takayanagi

Freer Source City

New York

Freer Source State

New York

Freer Source Country

United States

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:44 +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[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

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:37 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3088

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

Description

Vase
Ryumonji kilns
Described by Freer as "rare, but not beautiful," this Satsuma-ware vase was purchased from the Boston-based Japanese dealer Matsuki Bunkyo. Its distinctive "frog skin" glaze, created by applying successive layers of dark and light glazes, was developed at the Genryuin (or Nishi Mochida) kiln, which operated between 1667 and 1746. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, it was displayed alongside a number of other vessels with dark, complex glazes and mottled surfaces.

Date

17th-18th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Matsuki Bunkyo

Format

Stoneware with iron and ash glazes
Satsuma ware, Ryumonji kilns
HxW: 25.4 x 11.3 cm

Identifier

F1902.216
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Coverage

2
14
North
Edo period
Kajiki
Japan
United States
Boston
Massachusetts

Freer

Label Text

Described by Freer as "rare, but not beautiful," this Satsuma-ware vase was purchased from the Boston-based Japanese dealer Matsuki Bunkyo. Its distinctive "frog skin" glaze, created by applying successive layers of dark and light glazes, was developed at the Genryuin (or Nishi Mochida) kiln, which operated between 1667 and 1746. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, it was displayed alongside a number of other vessels with dark, complex glazes and mottled surfaces.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Satsuma ware, Ryumonji kilns

Dated

17th-18th century

Period

Edo period

Medium

Stoneware with iron and ash glazes

Dimensions

HxW: 25.4 x 11.3 cm

Locale

Ryumonji kilns

City

Kajiki

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

14

Wall

North

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1902.216

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 08:40:34 +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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Still Image Item Type Metadata

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

Dublin Core

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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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:40:34 +0000 <![CDATA[Gourd-shaped vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3084

Dublin Core

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[Vase with drum-shaped body and elephant head handles]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3083

Dublin Core

Title

Vase with drum-shaped body and elephant head handles

Description

Vase
Freer bought this vase at an American Art Association auction in 1905, where it was offered as part of the sale of the Thomas A. Waggaman collection. (Waggaman, a resident of Washington, D.C. and one of the founders of that city's Catholic University, had opened a private gallery in his Georgetown home in 1888, proposing to charge admission and dedicate the income to the Catholic church). This drum-shaped vase, which dates to the early Edo period, is based on Chinese ceramic prototypes, reflecting the interest in classical Chinese tea wares in seventeenth-century Japan. Freer was especially proud of this piece, and he loaned it to a 1914 exhibition at the Japan Society in New York, where it attracted the attention of Edward Sylvester Morse, whose own collection of Japanese ceramics was destined for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Morse singled out this vase among other Japanese ceramics shown at the 1914 exhibition as being "unique" for its "soft, enticing gold and silver iridescence," which he thought&#151;erroneously&#151;was the result of actual application of silver oxide. He mused: "The curious surface has in places the appearance of the mottled patina and lucent incrustations attaching to bronzes inhumed not too long and subsequently freely handled and caressed." The lambent surface was especially attractive to Freer, whose collection of American paintings exhibited similarly complex surface beauties.

Date

17th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
American Art Association

Format

Stoneware with slip
Bizen ware, Imbe type
HxW: 19.6 x 13.2 cm

Identifier

F1905.32
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Coverage

2
10
North
Edo period
Imbe
Japan
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

Freer bought this vase at an American Art Association auction in 1905, where it was offered as part of the sale of the Thomas A. Waggaman collection. (Waggaman, a resident of Washington, D.C. and one of the founders of that city's Catholic University, had opened a private gallery in his Georgetown home in 1888, proposing to charge admission and dedicate the income to the Catholic church). This drum-shaped vase, which dates to the early Edo period, is based on Chinese ceramic prototypes, reflecting the interest in classical Chinese tea wares in seventeenth-century Japan. Freer was especially proud of this piece, and he loaned it to a 1914 exhibition at the Japan Society in New York, where it attracted the attention of Edward Sylvester Morse, whose own collection of Japanese ceramics was destined for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Morse singled out this vase among other Japanese ceramics shown at the 1914 exhibition as being "unique" for its "soft, enticing gold and silver iridescence," which he thought—erroneously—was the result of actual application of silver oxide. He mused: "The curious surface has in places the appearance of the mottled patina and lucent incrustations attaching to bronzes inhumed not too long and subsequently freely handled and caressed." The lambent surface was especially attractive to Freer, whose collection of American paintings exhibited similarly complex surface beauties.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Bizen ware, Imbe type

Dated

17th century

Period

Edo period

Medium

Stoneware with slip

Dimensions

HxW: 19.6 x 13.2 cm

City

Imbe

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

10

Wall

North

Title

Vase with drum-shaped body and elephant head handles

Object Number

F1905.32

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 08:40:34 +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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