Bowl: low broad-ovoidal; bold basal ring; attachments of kiln slag.
Clay: hard, grayish.
Glaze: variable brownish olive celadon.
Decoration: interior: four flowers attached to leafy scroll impressed in the paste under glaze, with touch up carving in center; exterior; incised lines.
See also: F1919.91
Provenance:
To 1919
You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1919 [1]
1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, Shanghai in 1919 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2617, 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)