Artist:

Chen Mingyuan (active late 17th-early 18th century)  Search this

Medium:

Unglazed stoneware

Dimensions:

H x W: 7.4 x 15.8 cm (2 15/16 x 6 1/4 in)

Style:

Yixing ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Yixing, Jiangsu province, China

Date:

1708

Period:

Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign

Description:

Tea-pot; oblong with rounded corners; cover, handle and short spout.

Inscription incised and two seals impressed on base.

Clay: fine, hard.

Glaze: thin tea-colored slip.

Decoration: a knotted napkin, modelled in relief.

Inscriptions:

戌子仲冬月

陽羨山人指

陽羨山人指

Provenance:

To 1916

Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1916 [1]

From 1916 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Pang Yuanji in 1916 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2501, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1. For further details regarding this gift, see Provenance Remark 1 in the object record, as well as the object record for

F1916.578a-b, Curatorial Remark 11, Louise Cort, June 9, 2010.

[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:

Beyond Paper: Chinese Calligraphy on Objects (August 18, 1994 to July 3, 1997)

Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

Ming Dynasty Paintings (December 4, 1978 to June 14, 1979)

Previous custodian or owner:

Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864-1949) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

Yixing ware  Search this

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this

Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)  Search this

tea  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1916.576a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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