Medium:

Stoneware with Jun glaze and copper pigment; silver rim

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 14.9 × 23.9 cm (5 7/8 × 9 7/16 in)

Style:

Jun ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Henan province, China

Date:

14th-15th century

Period:

Yuan or Ming dynasty

Description:

Flower-pot: large, globular, on high basal ring. Five perforations in base. Numeral san (three) incised. Silver rim. Teakwood stand.

Clay: hard, fine, grayish-white.

Glaze: inside: mingled blue and light-olive; outside: rose-purple, blue, crimson and olive.

Provenance:

To 1912

Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1912 [1]

From 1912 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1912 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 2256, 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:

Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)

Previous custodian or owner:

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

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1912.70

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Data Source:

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