Medium:

Stoneware with Jun glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 8.5 × 11 cm (3 3/8 × 4 5/16 in)

Style:

Jun ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Henan province, China

Date:

early 12th-mid 13th century

Period:

Jin dynasty

Description:

Incense burner: globular body, cylindrical neck and flanged rim; three small feet. Wood stand.

Clay: hard, fine, grayish.

Glaze: misty sky-blue; warm gray on salient parts.

Provenance:

To 1911

Ta Ge Shang, Beijing and Shanghai, to 1911 [1]

From 1911 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Shang in 1911 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2123, 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:

Ta Ge Shang (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1911.342

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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