Stoneware with translucent iron glaze; rattan support
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 8.6 × 6.7 cm (3 3/8 × 2 5/8 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Fujian province, China
Date:
19th century
Period:
Qing dynasty
Description:
Clay: hard, gray.
Glaze: thin, glassy, yellow-brown. Interior, lower portion of body, flat base unglazed. Adhesions on one side.
Provenance:
To 1899
Carl Edelheim (1844-1899), Philadelphia, to 1899 [1]
From 1900 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the Edelheim Collection sale, American Art Association, New York, NY, in March 1900 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 742, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 8, Louise Cort, May 12, 2009, in the object record.
[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.