Shuiji kiln site I, Shuiji, Fujian province, China
Date:
12th-13th century
Period:
Northern Song or Southern Song dynasty
Description:
Foot and wall of tea bowl with clay firing pad adhering to foot; overfired, warped; shiny glaze, black fading to brown.
Provenance:
1930s-1961
James Marshall Plumer (1899-1960) and Caroline Plumer (1901-1995), Ann Arbor, MI collected this shard from Shuiji Kiln Site 1 when living in China before World War II [1]
1960-May 1961
Caroline Plumer, Ann Arbor, MI assumed full ownership upon her husband's death in June 1960 [2]
From May 1961
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Caroline Plumer [3]
Notes:
[1] See inventory card from the Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection, copy in object file. The Plumers inventoried this object as T I 80.
[2] Mr. Plumer died on June 15, 1960. Mrs. Plumer dispersed of her husband's collection the following year, making several gifts and sales to museums and private collectors.
[3] Ms. Plumer presented this object, along with 24 other shards of pottery, to the Freer Gallery of Art. See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.
