Bottle
Object Details
- Description
- Tall, blue and white glazed porcelain vase, with long neck, round bulbous body and "garlic"-shaped neck/mouth. Round ring base, slightly uneven.
- The body decorated with scrolling, flowering vines and animals.
- Provenance
- To 1992
- Ambassador Jack Wilson Lydman (1914-2005), Washington, DC, to 1992 [1]
- From 1992
- Freer Gallery of Art, given by Ambassador Jack Wilson Lydman in 1992
- Notes:
- [1] Ambassador Lydman was served in Thailand (1955-1958), Indonesia (1958-1961 and 1965-1969), and Malaysia (1969-1974).
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Peacock Room in Blue and White [2019-2022] (May 18, 2019 to June 1, 2022)
- Chinamania (2016) (July 9, 2016 to June 4, 2017)
- The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Ambassador Jack Wilson Lydman (1914-2005)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Lydman Collection
- early 17th century
- Period
- Ming dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1992.33
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 27.3 × 15 cm (10 3/4 × 5 7/8 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Jingdezhen ware
- lion
- Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- Wanli reign (1573 - 1620)
- cobalt pigment
- China
- porcelain
- Chinese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1992.33
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b391ed10-c29a-4a6b-bfc7-40fa7d47c8b9
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