<![CDATA[The Peacock Room]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/browse/tag/vase?output=rss2 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:25:15 +0000 libwebmaster@wayne.edu (The Peacock Room) Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Baluster vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-.194)]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3397

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Title

Baluster vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-.194)

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 Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters, Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
HxWxD: 40.3 x 13.0 x 13.0 cm

Identifier

F1980.190a-c
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Coverage

1
82
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 colorless glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 40.3 x 13.0 x 13.0 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters, Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

82

Wall

East

Title

Baluster vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-.194)

Object Number

F1980.190a-c

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:47:34 +0000 <![CDATA[Cylindrical vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3391

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Title

Cylindrical vase

Description

Vase
Tsuboya kilns

Date

19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Stoneware with white slip and cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Tsuboya ware
HxW: 27.0 x 13.9 cm

Identifier

F1899.8a-c
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Coverage

2
215
West
Edo period
Naha city
Japan
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Tsuboya ware

Dated

19th century

Period

Edo period

Medium

Stoneware with white slip and cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 27.0 x 13.9 cm

Locale

Tsuboya kilns

City

Naha city

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

215

Wall

West

Title

Cylindrical vase

Object Number

F1899.8a-c

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 08:47:23 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3389

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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

mid 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Gift of Helen D. Lally

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
HxWxD: 47.0 x 20.0 x 20.0 cm

Identifier

F1991.62
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Coverage

1
214
West
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: 47.0 x 20.0 x 20.0 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Helen D. Lally

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

214

Wall

West

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1991.62

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:47:23 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3383

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Title

Vase

Description

Vase
This small vase from seventeenth-century Iran was part of a group of blue-glazed ceramics that the Paris-based dealer Dikran G. Kelekian shipped to Freer on approval in the fall of 1904, shortly after the Peacock Room had arrived in Detroit. Described by Freer as a "beautiful small specimen," the stonepaste body of this vessel is covered with a colorless transparent glaze on the interior and at the rim and a cobalt blue glaze on the exterior. Although the glazes are degraded, traces of decoration&#151;a floral design painted in black outline over the glaze&#151;remain faintly visible.

Date

17th century?

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Stone-paste with cobalt blue and colorless transparent alkali-silicate glazes, traces of decoration
HxW: 10.1 x 7.9 cm

Identifier

F1904.52
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Coverage

2
211
West
Iran
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

This small vase from seventeenth-century Iran was part of a group of blue-glazed ceramics that the Paris-based dealer Dikran G. Kelekian shipped to Freer on approval in the fall of 1904, shortly after the Peacock Room had arrived in Detroit. Described by Freer as a "beautiful small specimen," the stonepaste body of this vessel is covered with a colorless transparent glaze on the interior and at the rim and a cobalt blue glaze on the exterior. Although the glazes are degraded, traces of decoration—a floral design painted in black outline over the glaze—remain faintly visible.

Object Name

Vase

Dated

17th century?

Medium

Stone-paste with cobalt blue and colorless transparent alkali-silicate glazes, traces of decoration

Dimensions

HxW: 10.1 x 7.9 cm

Country

Iran

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

211

Wall

West

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1904.52

Freer Source

Dikran G. Kelekian

Freer Source City

Paris

Freer Source Country

France

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:47:10 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3375

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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

late 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Purchase--Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Jingdezhen ware
HxWxD: 45.5 x 22.5 x 22.5 cm

Identifier

F1986.19a-b
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Coverage

1
205
West
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

late 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 45.5 x 22.5 x 22.5 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Purchase--Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

205

Wall

West

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1986.19a-b

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:47:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase with design of deer in a landscape]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3363

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Title

Vase with design of deer in a landscape

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

late 17th-early 18th century

Contributor

Purchase--Women's Committee of the Smithsonian Associates

Format

Glazed porcelain clay, cobalt pigment
Jingdezhen ware
HxWxD: 45.5 x 21.0 x 21.0 cm

Identifier

F1986.4a-b
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Coverage

1
196
West
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

late 17th-early 18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Glazed porcelain clay, cobalt pigment

Dimensions

HxWxD: 45.5 x 21.0 x 21.0 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Purchase--Women's Committee of the Smithsonian Associates

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

196

Wall

West

Title

Vase with design of deer in a landscape

Object Number

F1986.4a-b

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:46:38 +0000 <![CDATA[Bottle-shaped vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3353

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Title

Bottle-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
HxWxD: 23.5 x 12.0 x 12.0 cm

Identifier

F1982.18a-b
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Coverage

1
188
West
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 colorless glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 23.5 x 12.0 x 12.0 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

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

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

188

Wall

West

Title

Bottle-shaped vase

Object Number

F1982.18a-b

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:46:26 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase, one of a pair with F1991.60]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3351

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Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1991.60

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: 26.4 x 11.1 x 11.1 cm

Identifier

F1991.59
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Coverage

1
187
West
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: 26.4 x 11.1 x 11.1 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Helen D. Lally

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

187

Wall

West

Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1991.60

Object Number

F1991.59

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1991.59.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:46:26 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3343

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Title

Vase

Description

Vase
The original greenish-white glaze on this vase is almost entirely covered with the iridescence of decay. Raqqa wares like this one only began to appear on the art market at the turn of the last century, following the excavation of ancient and medieval pottery in northern Mesopotamia, near modern-day Mosul, and in the south, near Baghdad and along the Gulf. Freer was an early enthusiast: he purchased his first piece in 1902 and eventually amassed a substantial collection of Near Eastern ceramics. In Detroit, they were prominently featured throughout the Peacock Room, most notably massed around <i>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine</i> and in the eye-level shelves along the west wall. Although subsequent connoisseurs and scholars have preferred less ravaged, more highly decorated Islamic ceramics, the complex surface appealed to Freer's aesthetic sensibilities. He regarded this piece as a "good specimen." In his inventory notes he added, "Though damaged, [it] has fortunately escaped the hands of the reckless restorer."

Date

12th-14th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Dikran G. Kelekian

Format

Stone-paste painted under glaze
HxW: 25.4 x 16.4 cm

Identifier

F1905.242
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Coverage

2
181
West
Syria
France
Paris

Freer

Label Text

The original greenish-white glaze on this vase is almost entirely covered with the iridescence of decay. Raqqa wares like this one only began to appear on the art market at the turn of the last century, following the excavation of ancient and medieval pottery in northern Mesopotamia, near modern-day Mosul, and in the south, near Baghdad and along the Gulf. Freer was an early enthusiast: he purchased his first piece in 1902 and eventually amassed a substantial collection of Near Eastern ceramics. In Detroit, they were prominently featured throughout the Peacock Room, most notably massed around La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine and in the eye-level shelves along the west wall. Although subsequent connoisseurs and scholars have preferred less ravaged, more highly decorated Islamic ceramics, the complex surface appealed to Freer's aesthetic sensibilities. He regarded this piece as a "good specimen." In his inventory notes he added, "Though damaged, [it] has fortunately escaped the hands of the reckless restorer."

Object Name

Vase

Dated

12th-14th century

Medium

Stone-paste painted under glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 25.4 x 16.4 cm

Country

Syria

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

181

Wall

West

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1905.242

Freer Source

Dikran G. Kelekian

Freer Source City

Paris

Freer Source Country

France

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1905.242.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:46:18 +0000 <![CDATA[Baluster vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-.194)]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3338

Dublin Core

Title

Baluster vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-.194)

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 Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters, Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
HxWxD: 40.5 x 13.0 x 13.0 cm

Identifier

F1980.191a-c
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Coverage

1
178
West
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 colorless glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 40.5 x 13.0 x 13.0 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters, Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

178

Wall

West

Title

Baluster vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-.194)

Object Number

F1980.191a-c

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1980.191a-c.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:46:12 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase in the form of an archaic Chinese cong]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3324

Dublin Core

Title

Vase in the form of an archaic Chinese cong

Description

Vase

Date

1700-1800

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Stoneware with rice-straw ash and copper-green glazes
Agano or Shodai ware
HxW: 23.7 x 8.3 cm

Identifier

F1897.53
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Coverage

2
168
West
Edo period
Japan
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Agano or Shodai ware

Dated

1700-1800

Period

Edo period

Medium

Stoneware with rice-straw ash and copper-green glazes

Dimensions

HxW: 23.7 x 8.3 cm

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

168

Wall

West

Title

Vase in the form of an archaic Chinese cong

Object Number

F1897.53

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 08:46:09 +0000 <![CDATA[Baluster vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190--194)]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3317

Dublin Core

Title

Baluster vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190--194)

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 Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters, Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
HxWxD: 40.2 x 13.0 x 13.0 cm

Identifier

F1980.192a-c
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Coverage

1
162
West
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 colorless glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 40.2 x 13.0 x 13.0 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters, Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

162

Wall

West

Title

Baluster vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190--194)

Object Number

F1980.192a-c

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:46:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3314

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

Description

Vase
Ryumonji kilns

Date

18th-19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Matsuki Bunkyo

Format

Stoneware with iron and rice-straw-ash glazes; red lacquer repairs.
Satsuma ware, Ryumonji kilns
HxW: 24.0 x 10.9 cm

Identifier

F1901.24
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Coverage

2
161
West
Edo period
Kajiki town
Japan
United States
Boston
Massachusetts

Freer

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Satsuma ware, Ryumonji kilns

Dated

18th-19th century

Period

Edo period

Medium

Stoneware with iron and rice-straw-ash glazes; red lacquer repairs.

Dimensions

HxW: 24.0 x 10.9 cm

Locale

Ryumonji kilns

City

Kajiki town

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

161

Wall

West

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1901.24

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 08:45:59 +0000 <![CDATA[Rouleau-shaped vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3303

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
H: 20.3 cm

Identifier

F1982.17
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Coverage

1
153
West
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

H: 20.3 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

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

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

153

Wall

West

Title

Rouleau-shaped vase

Object Number

F1982.17

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:45:40 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase, one of a pair with F1991.59]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3302

Dublin Core

Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1991.59

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: 26.7 x 11.1 x 11.1 cm

Identifier

F1991.60
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Coverage

1
152
West
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: 26.7 x 11.1 x 11.1 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Helen D. Lally

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

152

Wall

West

Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1991.59

Object Number

F1991.60

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:45:40 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase, one of a pair with F1982.21]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3290

Dublin Core

Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1982.21

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 glaze
Jingdezhen ware
HxWxD: 43.2 x 20.5 x 20.5 cm

Identifier

F1982.22
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Coverage

1
143
West
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 glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 43.2 x 20.5 x 20.5 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

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

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

143

Wall

West

Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1982.21

Object Number

F1982.22

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1982.22.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:45:32 +0000 <![CDATA[Jar]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3279

Dublin Core

Title

Jar

Description

Vase

Date

6th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze
HxW: 34.2 x 27.5 cm

Identifier

F1906.243
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Coverage

2
134
West
Northern Qi or Northern Zhou dynasty
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Object Name

Vase

Dated

6th century

Period

Northern Qi or Northern Zhou dynasty

Medium

Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 34.2 x 27.5 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

134

Wall

West

Title

Jar

Object Number

F1906.243

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/F1906.243.jpg

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:45:28 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase, one of a pair with F1982.22]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3278

Dublin Core

Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1982.22

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

Jingdezhen ware
HxWxD: 42.0 x 20.5 x 20.5 cm

Identifier

F1982.21
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Coverage

1
134
West
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

Dimensions

HxWxD: 42.0 x 20.5 x 20.5 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

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

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

134

Wall

West

Title

Vase, one of a pair with F1982.22

Object Number

F1982.21

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1982.21.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:45:28 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3275

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

Description

Vase
Shiwan kilns

Date

18th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Format

Stoneware with Guan-style glaze
Shiwan (Shekwan) ware
HxW: 27.4 x 18.5 cm

Identifier

F1907.55a-b
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Coverage

2
132
West
Qing dynasty
China

Freer

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Shiwan (Shekwan) ware

Dated

18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with Guan-style glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 27.4 x 18.5 cm

Locale

Shiwan kilns

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

132

Wall

West

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1907.55a-b

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1907.55a-b.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:45:23 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3274

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

Description

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

Date

19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Format

Stoneware with Jun-style glaze and copper pigment
Guangdong ware
HxW: 17.2 x 7.5 cm

Identifier

F1907.65a-b
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Coverage

2
131
West
Qing dynasty
China

Freer

Label Text

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

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Guangdong ware

Dated

19th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with Jun-style glaze and copper pigment

Dimensions

HxW: 17.2 x 7.5 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

131

Wall

West

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1907.65a-b

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1907.65a-b.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:45:18 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase in form of cong]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3273

Dublin Core

Title

Vase in form of cong

Description

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

Date

16th-mid 17th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Format

Stoneware with opaque ivory glaze
Shiwan (Shekwan) ware
HxW: 22.7 x 9.1 cm

Identifier

F1907.44
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Coverage

2
130
West
Ming dynasty
China

Freer

Label Text

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

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Shiwan (Shekwan) ware

Dated

16th-mid 17th century

Period

Ming dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with opaque ivory glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 22.7 x 9.1 cm

Locale

Shiwan kilns

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

130

Wall

West

Title

Vase in form of cong

Object Number

F1907.44

Image

http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1907.44.jpg

Still Image Item Type Metadata

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:45:13 +0000 <![CDATA[Bottle-shaped vase, one of a pair with F1982.19]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3268

Dublin Core

Title

Bottle-shaped vase, one of a pair with F1982.19

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

F1982.20
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Coverage

1
127
West
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

127

Wall

West

Title

Bottle-shaped vase, one of a pair with F1982.19

Object Number

F1982.20

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:45:04 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3264

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Title

Vase

Description

Vase
Awata district
This Meiji era vase is attributed to the Japanese artist Kinkozan Sobei VI. The artist's mark is impressed on the base of the vessel. Ceramics coming out of the Kinkozan workshop are characterized by a style of overglaze enamel decoration, and on this vase, that method produces a blue lava-like effect flowing from the mouth of the flattened rim. The vessel's body is a dimpled copper brown. Freer bought this namban style vase from Yamanaka and Company in 1901.

Creator

Kinkozan Sobei VI (1824 - 1884)

Date

circa 1870-1880

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Stoneware with iron and cobalt glazes
Kinkozan ware
HxW: 19.0 x 10.9 cm

Identifier

F1901.146a-b
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Coverage

2
124
South
Meiji era
Kyoto
Japan
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

This Meiji era vase is attributed to the Japanese artist Kinkozan Sobei VI. The artist's mark is impressed on the base of the vessel. Ceramics coming out of the Kinkozan workshop are characterized by a style of overglaze enamel decoration, and on this vase, that method produces a blue lava-like effect flowing from the mouth of the flattened rim. The vessel's body is a dimpled copper brown. Freer bought this namban style vase from Yamanaka and Company in 1901.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Kinkozan ware

Dated

circa 1870-1880

Period

Meiji era

Medium

Stoneware with iron and cobalt glazes

Dimensions

HxW: 19.0 x 10.9 cm

Locale

Awata district

City

Kyoto

Country

Japan

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

124

Wall

South

Artist

Kinkozan Sobei VI (1824 - 1884)

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1901.146a-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 08:44:57 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3262

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Title

Vase

Description

Vase
This vase&#151;coated inside with white slip and then dipped, inside and out, into rice-straw ash glaze&#151;exhibits a range of blue tonalities on its exterior: cobalt blue where the glaze was thinly applied, pale blue where it was thicker (on the more horizontal surface of the shoulder). Freer purchased it during his 1907 trip to China. The following year, he displayed the vase in the Peacock Room with more than forty pieces of Jun or "Jun style" ware, massed to create a ceramic "harmony in blue" that resonated with Whistler's interior decoration, whose primary title was "Harmony in Blue and Gold."

Date

mid 17th-19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Format

Stoneware with white slip beneath rice-straw-ash glaze
Shiwan (Shekwan) ware
HxW: 25.7 x 14.5 cm

Identifier

F1907.40a-b
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Coverage

2
123
South
Qing dynasty
China

Freer

Label Text

This vase—coated inside with white slip and then dipped, inside and out, into rice-straw ash glaze—exhibits a range of blue tonalities on its exterior: cobalt blue where the glaze was thinly applied, pale blue where it was thicker (on the more horizontal surface of the shoulder). Freer purchased it during his 1907 trip to China. The following year, he displayed the vase in the Peacock Room with more than forty pieces of Jun or "Jun style" ware, massed to create a ceramic "harmony in blue" that resonated with Whistler's interior decoration, whose primary title was "Harmony in Blue and Gold."

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Shiwan (Shekwan) ware

Dated

mid 17th-19th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with white slip beneath rice-straw-ash glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 25.7 x 14.5 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

123

Wall

South

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1907.40a-b

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:44:52 +0000 <![CDATA[Baluster-shaped vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3261

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Title

Baluster-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

19th century

Contributor

Bequest of Margaret Garber Blue

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
Jingdezhen ware
HxWxD: 29.0 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm

Identifier

F1980.14a-c
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Coverage

1
122
South
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

19th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 29.0 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Bequest of Margaret Garber Blue

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

122

Wall

South

Title

Baluster-shaped vase

Object Number

F1980.14a-c

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:44:52 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3260

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

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 vase in 1896, he accepted the Song dynasty date assigned to it, though it is now known to be from the Ming dynasty. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, it was displayed along the south wall, amid more than forty bright blue Jun or "Jun style" ceramics. This lustrous, creamy white vase was one of several similarly toned vessels that Freer seems to have used on the south wall to punctuate the "harmonies in blue" created by the massing of Jun ware around the sideboard.

Date

17th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
R. E. Moore

Format

Stoneware with opaque white glaze
Shiwan (Shekwan) ware
HxW: 23.6 x 18.9 cm

Identifier

F1896.35a-b
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Coverage

2
122
South
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 vase in 1896, he accepted the Song dynasty date assigned to it, though it is now known to be from the Ming dynasty. In the Peacock Room in Detroit, it was displayed along the south wall, amid more than forty bright blue Jun or "Jun style" ceramics. This lustrous, creamy white vase was one of several similarly toned vessels that Freer seems to have used on the south wall to punctuate the "harmonies in blue" created by the massing of Jun ware around the sideboard.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Shiwan (Shekwan) ware

Dated

17th century

Period

Ming dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with opaque white glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 23.6 x 18.9 cm

Locale

Shiwan kilns

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

122

Wall

South

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1896.35a-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 08:44:51 +0000 <![CDATA[Beaker-shaped vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-.194)]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3258

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Title

Beaker-shaped vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-.194)

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 Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters, Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
HxWxD: 42.6 x 20.5 x 20.5 cm

Identifier

F1980.194a-b
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Coverage

1
121
South
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 colorless glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 42.6 x 20.5 x 20.5 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters, Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

121

Wall

South

Title

Beaker-shaped vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-.194)

Object Number

F1980.194a-b

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:44:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase in lotus bud form (neck cut down)]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3240

Dublin Core

Title

Vase in lotus bud form (neck cut down)

Description

Vase
Shiwan kilns
Freer purchased this vase, which was produced in China during the Ming dynasty, from the New York branch of Yamanaka and Company. It is molded in the shape of a lotus flower, and the glaze is milky gray and crackled with areas of pale blue. It was no doubt the varied colors of the surface that appealed to Freer, who organized his ceramics in the Peacock Room according to the color harmonies that he appreciated in the paintings of Whistler and the American tonalists.

Date

16th-mid 17th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Yamanaka and Co.

Format

Stoneware with opaque white glaze
Shiwan (Shekwan) ware
HxW: 17.9 x 23.3 cm

Identifier

F1900.3a-c
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Coverage

2
112
South
Ming dynasty
China
United States
New York
New York

Freer

Label Text

Freer purchased this vase, which was produced in China during the Ming dynasty, from the New York branch of Yamanaka and Company. It is molded in the shape of a lotus flower, and the glaze is milky gray and crackled with areas of pale blue. It was no doubt the varied colors of the surface that appealed to Freer, who organized his ceramics in the Peacock Room according to the color harmonies that he appreciated in the paintings of Whistler and the American tonalists.

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Shiwan (Shekwan) ware

Dated

16th-mid 17th century

Period

Ming dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with opaque white glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 17.9 x 23.3 cm

Locale

Shiwan kilns

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

112

Wall

South

Title

Vase in lotus bud form (neck cut down)

Object Number

F1900.3a-c

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 08:44:12 +0000 <![CDATA[Beaker vase, one of a five-piece garniture]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3212

Dublin Core

Title

Beaker vase, one of a five-piece garniture

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

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
HxWxD: 18.1 x 10.0 x 10.0 cm

Identifier

F1992.47.1
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Coverage

1
98
South
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 colorless glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 18.1 x 10.0 x 10.0 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Purchase

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

98

Wall

South

Title

Beaker vase, one of a five-piece garniture

Object Number

F1992.47.1

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:42:48 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3210

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

Description

Vase

Date

18th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Format

Stoneware with Jun-style glaze
Yixing ware
HxW: 14.6 x 7.0 cm

Identifier

F1907.60
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Coverage

2
97.1
South
Qing dynasty
Yixing
China

Freer

Object Name

Vase

Ware

Yixing ware

Dated

18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Medium

Stoneware with Jun-style glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 14.6 x 7.0 cm

City

Yixing

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

97.1

Wall

South

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1907.60

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:42:43 +0000 <![CDATA[Beaker-shaped vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-.194)]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3198

Dublin Core

Title

Beaker-shaped vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-.194)

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 Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters, Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

Format

Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
HxWxD: 42.1 x 21.0 x 21.0 cm

Identifier

F1980.193a-b
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Coverage

1
90
South
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 colorless glaze

Dimensions

HxWxD: 42.1 x 21.0 x 21.0 cm

City

Jingdezhen

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters, Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

Iteration

1

Shelf Number

90

Wall

South

Title

Beaker-shaped vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-.194)

Object Number

F1980.193a-b

Image

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]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:42:22 +0000 <![CDATA[Vase]]> https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3196

Dublin Core

Title

Vase

Description

Vase
A rich blue enamel glaze, with areas of green, characterizes this Ming or Qing dynasty Chinese porcelain vase. It was purchased in Japan in 1907 - one of the few ceramics purchases that Freer made during his travels there. Back home in Detroit, the collector noted to himself: "Learn period. Is it Ming or later?" In Detroit, he displayed it with a number of Jun or Jun-style wares, creating a harmony in blue to complement Whistler's interior decorations, which Freer referred to as "the Blue Room."

Date

mid 17th-19th century

Contributor

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Format

Porcelain with enamel glaze
HxW: 24.5 x 9.6 cm

Identifier

F1907.74
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Coverage

2
89
South
Ming or Qing dynasty
China

Freer

Label Text

A rich blue enamel glaze, with areas of green, characterizes this Ming or Qing dynasty Chinese porcelain vase. It was purchased in Japan in 1907 - one of the few ceramics purchases that Freer made during his travels there. Back home in Detroit, the collector noted to himself: "Learn period. Is it Ming or later?" In Detroit, he displayed it with a number of Jun or Jun-style wares, creating a harmony in blue to complement Whistler's interior decorations, which Freer referred to as "the Blue Room."

Object Name

Vase

Dated

mid 17th-19th century

Period

Ming or Qing dynasty

Medium

Porcelain with enamel glaze

Dimensions

HxW: 24.5 x 9.6 cm

Country

China

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Iteration

2

Shelf Number

89

Wall

South

Title

Vase

Object Number

F1907.74

Image

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Still Image Item Type Metadata

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