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Medium:
Stoneware with Jun-style glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 30.4 × 12.2 cm (12 × 4 13/16 in)
Style:
Shiwan (Shekwan) ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Shiwan (Shekwan) kilns, Foshan, Guangdong province, China
Date:
mid 17th-18th century
Period:
Qing dynasty
Description:
Vase: tall, slender; short neck; depressed base.
Clay: hard, grayish.
Glaze: brilliant light blue, closely speckled with cream-white; variegated splashes of red, blue and green; crackled.
Provenance:
To 1897
Charles A. Dana (1819-1897), New York to 1897 [1]
From 1898 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at auction, the Dana Collection Sale, American Art Galleries, New York February 24-26, 1898, no. 152 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 68, 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
Exhibition History:
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)
Previous custodian or owner:
Charles A. Dana (1819-1897)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
China  Search this
Shiwan ware  Search this
stoneware  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Jun-style ware  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1898.32
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
The Story of the Beautiful
See more items in:
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/ye3d0c81a02-95ae-4d42-b6df-acf3652276ce
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1898.32