Medium:

Stoneware with greenish transparent glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 3.8 x 6.9 cm (1 1/2 x 2 11/16 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

China

Date:

6th century

Period:

Period of Division, Southern Dynasties

Description:

Small cup with concave foot.

Clay: soft, stained pink areas on surface.

Glaze: brilliant transparent greenish-white; crackled. Broken and chipped off.

Decoration: incised petal outlines under glaze.

Provenance:

To 1909

Wun Chor, Canton, to 1909 [1]

From 1909 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wun Chor in 1909 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2001, 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:

Wun Chor (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1909.328

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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