Object Details
- Description
- Tankard with bulbous body, sixteen-sided neck, and attached handle. Blue-and-white. Clay: fine white porcelain, small crack.
- Glaze: plain, transparent.
- Decoration: in underglaze cobalt blue; floral scrolls.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Luxury and Luminosity: Visual Culture and the Ming Court (July 3, 2004 to June 26, 2005)
- Visual Poetry: Paintings and Drawings from Iran (December 16, 2001 to May 5, 2004)
- Crosscurrents in Chinese and Islamic Ceramics (March 1, 1996 to July 1, 1997)
- Chinese Ceramics (May 9, 1993 to April 17, 1995)
- Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)
- Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
- Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)
- Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1953 (May 26, 1953 to September 15, 1953)
- Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- early 15th century
- Period
- Ming dynasty, Yongle or possibly Xuande reign
- Accession Number
- F1951.15a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt under colorless glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14 x 12.8 cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/16 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- On View
- Freer Gallery 13: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial 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
- flower
- Jingdezhen ware
- Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- Yongle reign (1403 - 1424)
- Xuande reign (1426 - 1435)
- China
- porcelain
- Chinese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1951.15a-b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye39f83e77d-5893-4774-9795-3ceba2a21c85
