Bulb-bowl: large circular, on three cloud-scroll feet; two rows of studs. Incised numeral,san, (three) inside of one foot and scratched in glaze of base. Wood stand.
Clay: hard, dense, light-gray.
Glaze: pale grayish-green; grayish-olive on salient parts; "earth-worm markings."
Provenance:
To 1913
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1913 [1]
From 1913 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1913 [2]
From 1920
The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See also Original Pottery List, L. 2363, Freer Galley 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 Orchid in Chinese Painting (January 15 to July 17, 2011)
Previous custodian or owner:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
