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Catalog Data

Medium:
Porcelain with transparent pale blue (qingbai) glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 7.2 × 20.1 cm (2 13/16 × 7 15/16 in)
Style:
Qingbai ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
China
Date:
second half 12th century
Period:
Southern Song dynasty
Description:
Bowl, flaring ovoidal; bold contracting foot; small kiln marks.
Clay: hard, thin, white, musical.
Glaze: brilliant greenish-white; thin earth deposits on outside.
Decoration: engraved in paste under glaze. Cf. F1907.290.
Provenance:
Unknown owners, Seoul [1]
From 1884-1898 to 1907
Dr. Horace N. Allen (1858-1932), Toledo, Ohio, purchased from unknown owners, in Seoul, during 1884-1898 [2]
From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dr. Horace N. Allen in 1907 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] Horace N. Allen acquired his collection in Seoul between 1884 and 1898. See Horace Allen, Copy of a Certified Catalogue of a Collection of Ancient Korean Pottery:
purchased and owned by Horace Newton Allen (Nak Tong [Korea]: Seoul Press, 1901), pg. 7.
[2] See Original Pottery List, L. 1610, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Pamphlets S.I. 738 and S.I. 739 for Allen Correspondence, as well as Pamphlet S.I. 740, Original Allen Catalogue, No. 8, pg. 10.
[3] See note 2.
[4] 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:
Dr. Horace N. Allen (1858-1932) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Qingbai ware  Search this
Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279)  Search this
China  Search this
porcelain  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1907.291
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/ye3b0e12cf1-97d5-47e7-9bc0-7c821fb97251
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1907.291