Medium:

Stoneware with Guan-type glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 13.9 × 8.8 cm (5 1/2 × 3 7/16 in)

Style:

Longquan ware, Guan type

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Longquan, Zhejiang province, China

Date:

13th century

Period:

Southern Song or Yuan dynasty

Description:

Lung-ch'uan Kuan type. Vase with wide body, thin footrim, tapering neck and flaring, sharp-edged lip.

Clay: light gray, fine grained, vitreous; red at footrim.

Glaze: thick, glossy with irregular crackle and filled with minute bubbles, glazed under base. Two horizontal flanges on neck and pinkish brown areas in gray-green color.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

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)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

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

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

Guan ware  Search this

Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279)  Search this

Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)  Search this

China  Search this

stoneware  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1950.22

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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