Medium:

Stoneware with iron glaze; black lacquer repairs

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 17.2 × 19.9 cm (6 3/4 × 7 13/16 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Guangdong or Fujian province, China

Date:

16th-17th century

Period:

Ming dynasty

Description:

Bottle with broad flat shoulder and short neck. Black lacquer restorations.

Clay: hard, grayish.

Glaze: lustrous yellow-brown, clouded with dark greenish-brown. Slight bronze iridescence.

Provenance:

To 1902

Shozo Kato, London, to 1902 [1]

From 1902 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Shozo Kato in 1902 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1164, 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:

Shozo Kato (1851-1930) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)  Search this

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Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1902.183

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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