Medium:

Stoneware with celadon glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 8.9 x 13.3 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in)

Style:

Yue ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Zhejiang province, China

Date:

5th century

Period:

Period of Division, Northern Wei dynasty

Description:

A stand in the form of a chimera (bixie) with a socket on the back

Clay: gray, porcellanous.

Glaze: thin, dull grayish-green.

Provenance:

To 1919

You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [1]

1919

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

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2618, 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:

Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)

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

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

chimera  Search this

Yue ware  Search this

Period of Division (220 - 589)  Search this

Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)  Search this

green glaze  Search this

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Chinese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1919.93

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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