Medium:

Porcelain with lead-silicate enamels over colorless clear glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 7.5 x 15.9 cm (2 15/16 x 6 1/4 in)

Style:

Guyuexuan ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

Date:

1723-1735

Period:

Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign mark and period

Description:

Polychrome--Guyuexuan (Ku Yueh Hsuan) type.

Bowl, spreading ovoidal; thin basal ring. Ivory stand.

Clay: semi-translucent; musical.

Glaze: glossy, white.

Decoration: in over-glaze enamels, including four inscription with seals.

Mark in raised blue enamel: Yongzheng (Yung Cheng).

Marks:

Mark in raised blue enamel: Yongzheng (Yung Cheng).

Provenance:

1929

Yamanaka and Company, New York 1929 [1]

From 1929

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, New York in 1929 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file, undated folder sheet. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Beyond Paper: Chinese Calligraphy on Objects (August 18, 1994 to July 3, 1997)

Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

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

Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)

Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics and Paintings (November 14, 1944 to May 3, 1946)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)

Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)

Previous custodian or owner:

Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965)

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Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1929.83a-g

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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