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Vase meiping, mid 15th century, Ming dynasty. Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze. H: 22.8 W: 14.4 cm. Jingdezhen, China. Purchase F1953.3a-b. Freer/Sackler © 2014 Smithsonian Institution

Bowl with foliate rim, 1426-1435, Ming dynasty, Xuande reign. Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze. H: 7.8 W: 22.7 cm. Jingdezhen, China. Purchase F1952.17. Freer/Sackler © 2014 Smithsonian Institution

Bowl, 1426-1435, Ming dynasty, Xuande reign. Porcelain with cobalt decoration under colorless glaze. H: 6.0 W: 15.2 cm. Jingdezhen, China. F1953.2a-b. Freer/Sackler © 2014 Smithsonian Institution

Bowl, 1426-1435, Ming dynasty, Xuande reign. Porcelain with cobalt decoration under colorless glaze. H: 7.0 W: 19.1 cm. Jingdezhen, China. Purchase F1953.1. Freer/Sackler © 2014 Smithsonian Institution Two women and their attendants stroll through a garden containing ornamental rocks and large plants; thick clouds half-conceal the adjacent building. Such landscapes are sometimes said to represent the mythical land of the Daoist immortals, but the story is likely to have a more specific topic and may illustrate a famous poem or... [Lire la suite]

Dish with foliate flaring rim, 1426-1435, Ming dynasty, Xuande reign. Porcelain with cobalt pigment under colorless glaze. H: 4.8 W: 21.3 cm. Jingdezhen, China. Purchase F1951.13. Freer/Sackler © 2014 Smithsonian Institution Writers and painters washed their brushes in bowls like this. The ten-lobed, foliate shape was created by using a mold. Inside the bowl, a single dragon gambols through clouds. On the exterior, ten circular motifs, each consisting of a small dragon and clouds, appear; the depiction of the dragons alternates... [Lire la suite]

Porcelain bowl with thick walls, 1426-1435, Ming dynasty, Xuande reign. Porcelain with cobalt under colorless glaze. H: 12.6 W: 26.6 cm. Jingdezhen, China. Purchase F1945.35. Freer/Sackler © 2014 Smithsonian Institution This imperial bowl bears a Xuande reign mark in the interior. On the exterior it is decorated with two energetic, outstretched dragons gamboling among clouds. The base of the bowl is unglazed. Deep bowls with thick walls like the Freer's bowl are often called "dice bowls." The name refers to their use in games... [Lire la suite]

Bowl with design in reserve, 1426-1435, Ming dynasty, Xuande reign. Porcelain with cobalt under colorless glaze. H: 8.7 W: 18.7 cm. Jingdezhen, China. Purchase F1951.4.Freer/Sackler © 2014 Smithsonian Institution Fifteenth-century blue-and-white porcelains are among the most memorable and influential of all Chinese ceramics. A Yuan dynasty, fourteenth-century approach to creating a design in reserve against a solid background was revived to great effect in the Xuande reign. The cobalt decoration of the period often appears... [Lire la suite]

  Bowl with foliate rim, 1426-1435, Ming dynasty, Xuande reign. Porcelain with cobalt decoration under colorless glaze. H: 7.9 W: 22.7 cm. Jingdezhen, China. Purchase F1952.16a-b. Freer/Sackler © 2014 Smithsonian Institution

Yoko London - Twilight Collection - 18k white gold necklace with 5.48cts. of diamonds black baroque shaped South Sea pearls 15 - 17 mm. Yoko London - Twilight Necklace - 18k white gold necklace with 1,06 diamonds & Tahitian pearls 11-17 mm. Yoko London - Twilight Necklace - 18k white gold necklace with 4,39 cts of diamonds & black & white South Sea and Tahitian pearls 10-15mm Yoko London - Twilight Bracelet - 18k black gold with 1048 cts diamonds & South Sea pearl 13-14mm.  Yoko London - Twilight... [Lire la suite]

Pasquale de Antonis, Portrait of Princess Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto (later Mrs. Gianni Agnelli) is wearing a creation of Carosa in Palazzo Torlonia, 1948.  Richard Avedon, Portrait of Marella Agnelli, 1953. Henry Clarke, Portrait of Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto wearing Jean Patou, 1956. Richard Avedon, Portrait of Marella Agnelli, 1959. Henry Clarke, Portrait of Marella Agnelli, 1962. Henry Clarke, Portrait of Marella Agnelli, 1962 Richard Avedon, Portrait of Marella Agnelli, 1976