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Medium:
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear, colorless glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam (overall): 3.8 x 5.4 cm (1 1/2 x 2 1/8 in)
Style:
Zhangzhou ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Zhangzhou kilns, Fujian province, China
Date:
late 16th-early 17th century
Period:
Ming dynasty
Description:
Small jar, with short slightly tapering neck, globular body and unglazed slightly concave base.
Clay: porcelain.
Glaze: translucent and grayish; large random crackle; spills on to foot.
Decoration: in underglaze cobalt: single line around neck; overlapping petals around shoulder; double line; two shaped panels, each framing a single blossom with foliage, against a ground of "fish-scale" scallops; single line above base.
Mark: none.
Provenance:
About 1968 to 1986
Dorothy M. Slak, Sarasota, Florida, acquired in Jakarta about 1968 [1]
From 1986
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Dorothy M. Slak in 1986
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Note 7 in object record.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia (April 1, 2007 to December 4, 2011)
Previous custodian or owner:
Ms. Dorothy M. Slak
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
flower  Search this
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)  Search this
Zhangzhou ware  Search this
cobalt pigment  Search this
China  Search this
porcelain  Search this
clear glaze  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Dorothy M. Slak
Accession Number:
F1986.37
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Cultural Institute
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye388f79163-1814-46aa-9db9-c92a6bc3ce7f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1986.37