Medium:

Stoneware with iron wash and white, ivory, copper-green, and cobalt-blue glazes

Dimensions:

H (overall): 108.1 cm (42 9/16 in)

Style:

Shiwan (Shekwan) ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Shiwan (Shekwan) kilns, Foshan, Guangdong province, China

Date:

mid 17th-late 19th century

Period:

Qing dynasty

Description:

Incense-burner: a standing elephant surmounted by a pagoda-shaped structure; a figure of Li T'ieh-kuai [CHN]. In two sections.

Clay: hard, fine, gray.

Glaze: lustrous blue-gray clouded with yellow; yellow, blue-green, lavender, blue, white and blackish-brown in local areas.

Provenance:

To 1900

Jean Pallotti, Florence to 1900 [1]

From 1900 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Jean Pallotti, Florence in 1900 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 827, 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:

Jean Pallotti

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

Guangdong ware  Search this

elephant  Search this

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this

incense  Search this

man  Search this

pagoda  Search this

China  Search this

Shiwan ware  Search this

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Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1900.57a-b

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