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Medium:
Stoneware with opaque blue glaze; metal rim
Dimensions:
H x W: 11.2 x 8 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/8 in)
Style:
Guangdong ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Guangdong province, China
Date:
19th century
Period:
Qing dynasty
Description:
Vase of flattened pear shape; high spreading foot; neck broken and repaired with metal rim; repair on foot.
Body: hard gray stoneware.
Glaze: opaque, rich lavendar-blue with large crackle.
Decoration: two rams heads modelled in relief and cord moulding under glaze.
Provenance:
To 1911
Gie Su-tsar, Beijing, to 1911 [1]
From 1911 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Gie Su-tsar in 1911 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Remark 3, an undated note from Charles Lang Freer: "This specimen I purchased personally from Mr. Gie Su-tsar of Peking, during the winter of 1910-11." See also, Original Pottery List, L. 2136, 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:
Gie Su-tsar (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
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Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
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Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1911.351
Restrictions & Rights:
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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EDAN-URL:
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