Medium:

Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 34.2 x 26.3 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/8 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

China

Date:

early 1st-early 3rd century

Period:

Eastern Han dynasty

Description:

Vase: ovoidal body, wide neck & cylindrical rim; 3 spur-marks on base. Glazed pottery.

Clay: soft, red.

Glaze: bluish-green with silvery iridescence; much worn. Interior unglazed.

Decoration: band of animalistic design molded in low relief. Cf. F1916.487.

Provenance:

To 1916

You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [1]

From 1916 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi of Shanghai, in New York in 1916 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2489, 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 Panels and Han Pottery (February 25, 1925 to July 19, 1943)

Previous custodian or owner:

You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1916.486

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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