Medium:

Porcelain with transparent ivory-toned glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 6.4 x 19.9 cm (2 1/2 x 7 13/16 in)

Style:

Ding ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Hebei province, China

Date:

early 12th century

Period:

Northern Song dynasty

Description:

Bowl: deep, widely flaring; bold foot; ridged and notched in six-petaled lotus form.

Clay: dense, white, musical.

Glaze: rich cream-white, with brownish flow. Rim unglazed.

Decoration: lotus design incised in paste under glaze.

The interior ridges and design of lotus blossom and leaf in the bottom are mold-formed. The corresponding notches on the exterior are incised by hand.

Provenance:

To 1917

You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1917 [1]

From 1917 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, Shanghai in 1917 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2575, 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

Previous custodian or owner:

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

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:

F1917.402

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