Medium:

Stoneware with rice-straw-ash glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 19.5 x 15.4 cm (7 11/16 x 6 1/16 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Fujian province or Guangdong province, China

Date:

17th century

Period:

Qing dynasty

Description:

Jar: ovoidal, expanding from round foot; heavy rim. Two scars on shoulder.

Clay: hard, grayish, heavily molded; dark brown where exposed.

Glaze: black speckled with yellow, and splashed with cream-white and dull-blue.

Provenance:

To 1910

Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1910 [1]

From 1910 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1910 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2012, 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 (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)

Previous custodian or owner:

Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1910.19

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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