Medium:

Earthenware with copper-green-tinted lead-silicate glaze

Dimensions:

H: 24.6 cm (9 11/16 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

China

Date:

first half of 8th century

Period:

Tang dynasty

Description:

Jar: inverted pear-shaped; foot recessed. Cover with knob-finial. Pottery with monochrome lead glaze.

Clay: soft, dense, whitish.

Glaze: greenish-white; areas of silvery iridescence; earth deposits.

Provenance:

To 1917

John Fenning, New York, to 1917 [1]

From 1917 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from John Fenning in 1917 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2520, 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:

John Fenning (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1917.214a-b

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