Medium:

Stoneware with celadon glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 5.7 x 15.3 cm (2 1/4 x 6 in)

Style:

Longquan ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Longquan kilns, Zhejiang Province, China

Date:

mid 12th century

Period:

Southern Song dynasty

Description:

Celadon bowl, ovoidal, bold, perfect foot.

Clay: hard, musical.

Glaze: lustrous grayish-olive.

Decoration: incised and "combed" in the paste, under glaze.

Provenance:

To 1908

John La Farge (1835-1910), New York and Newport, RI, to 1908 [1]

From 1908 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the John La Farge Collection, American Art Association, New York, February 13-14, 1908 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L.1683, 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:

Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)

Luminous Shadows (April 1, 1982 to June 21, 1982)

Previous custodian or owner:

John La Farge (1835-1910)

American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1908.12

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

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