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Catalog Data

Medium:
Stoneware with celadon glaze
Dimensions:
H x W: 6.6 x 21.3 cm (2 5/8 x 8 3/8 in)
Style:
Yaozhou-type ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Chengguan kiln, Henan province, China
Date:
12th century
Period:
Northern Song or Jin dynasty
Description:
Celadon bowl -- Northern Celadon.
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)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Yaozhou ware  Search this
Song dynasty (960 - 1279)  Search this
Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)  Search this
Jin dynasty (1115 - 1234)  Search this
green glaze  Search this
China  Search this
stoneware  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1919.92
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a51e642b-b304-400c-b453-eb3a38b8e0ff
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1919.92