Medium:

Stoneware with Jun-style glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 8.4 × 11 cm (3 5/16 × 4 5/16 in)

Style:

Shiwan (Shekwan) ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

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

Date:

17th-19th century

Period:

Qing dynasty

Description:

Incense burner: globular, with spreading rim; three stump feet.

Clay: hard, dense.

Glaze: rich robin's-egg blue; coarsely crackled.

Provenance:

To 1905

Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1905 [1]

From 1905 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1905 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1424, 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)

Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)

Previous custodian or owner:

Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1905.272

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

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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EDAN-URL:

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