Porcelain with transparent pale-blue (qingbai) glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 6 × 18.9 cm (2 3/8 × 7 7/16 in)
Style:
Qingbai ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
China
Date:
13th century
Period:
Southern Song dynasty
Description:
Bowl. Open form; minimal footrim; slightly concave bottom. Wheel-thrown then shaped over drape mold.
Clay: translucent porcelain. White under glaze; orange-toned where exposed on unglazed rim, foot, and bottom.
Glaze: translucent, radiant turquoise blue, deeper where thicker.
Decoration: emphatic groove around central roundel and six fluting lines on interior walls formed by use of drape mold. In bottom, design of paired fish incised using blunt-edged and comb-like tools.
With a brown fabric covered box and a wooden stand.
Provenance:
To 1949
Helen D. Ling (died 1982), Shanghai. [1]
From 1949 - 1984
James G. Ling, by gift from his mother, Helen D. Ling in 1949. [2]
From 1984
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of James G. and Ann S. Ling in 1984. [3]
Notes:
[1] Helen Dalling Ling, a collector who operated "The Green Dragon" antiques shop in Shanghai from 1938 to 1950 and a shop under her own name in Singapore from 1951 until her death in 1982.
[2] James G. Ling received this object from his mother, Helen D. Ling in 1949.
[3] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)
