Medium:

Stoneware with black iron glaze, "hare's fur" texture

Dimensions:

H x W: 7.1 x 12.4 cm (2 13/16 x 4 7/8 in)

Style:

Jian ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Jian kilns, Fujian province, China

Date:

12th-13th century

Period:

Southern Song dynasty

Description:

With metal rim.

Clay: coarse, reddish brown stoneware, fired almost black.

Glaze: thick, black, ferruginous, closely streaked with silvery iridescence, rusty brown near rim.

Provenance:

To 1952

Howard Hollis & Co., Cleveland, Ohio. [1]

From 1952

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Howard Hollis & Co., Cleveland, Ohio. [2]

Notes:

[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan (March 5, 2022 - July 24, 2022)

Zen, Tea, and Chinese Art in Medieval Japan (December 13, 2014 to June 14, 2015)

Black and White: Chinese Ceramics from the 10th-14th Centuries (December 18, 2004 to November 7, 2010)

Japanese and Chinese Lacquer (September 22, 1982 to June 30, 1983)

Luminous Shadows (April 1, 1982 to June 21, 1982)

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)

Previous custodian or owner:

Howard Hollis and Company

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Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1952.9

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3160828f0-e9aa-4f0d-83ab-f980f3707c24

EDAN-URL:

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