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Medium:
Stoneware with white slip and iron pigment under clear glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 6.9 × 15.8 cm (2 11/16 × 6 1/4 in)
Style:
Cizhou-type ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Guangdong province, China
Date:
18th-19th century
Period:
Qing dynasty
Description:
Bowl, broad ovoidal; bold basal ring.
Clay: hard, grayish, sonant.
Glaze: glassy; cream slip under glaze, inside; light warm brown with darker cloudings, outside; fissured, blistered, and chipped.
Decoration: in under-glaze cream and brown slip. Around the outside--flowers and calligraphic squiggles.
Provenance:
To 1896
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1896 [1]
From 1896 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1896 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 471, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Cizhou ware  Search this
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
China  Search this
stoneware  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1896.57
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye36f086998-6c94-4244-9ef4-8b0043a89b92
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1896.57