Medium:

Porcelain with translucent pale-blue (qingbai) glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 7 x 17.5 cm (2 3/4 x 6 7/8 in)

Style:

Qingbai ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

Date:

11th century

Period:

Northern Song dynasty

Description:

Bowl with slightly everted lip and slightly concave foot.

Body: white porcelain, burned pale reddish brown where exposed on foot.

Glaze: pale transparent blue filled with minute bubbles.

Decoration: inside only, incised in the body, principally comb-marks.

Provenance:

To 1944

Mathias Komor, New York to 1944

From 1944

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Mathias Komor, New York in 1944 [1]

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. For additional information, see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

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)

Previous custodian or owner:

Mathias Komor (1909-1984)

Topic:

Qingbai ware  Search this

Song dynasty (960 - 1279)  Search this

Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)  Search this

China  Search this

porcelain  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1944.47

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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