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Medium:
Stoneware with cobalt glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam (overall): 56.9 x 38.7 cm (22 3/8 x 15 1/4 in)
Style:
Shiwan (Shekwan) ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Shiwan (Shekwan) kilns, Foshan, Guangdong province, China
Date:
19th century
Period:
Qing dynasty
Description:
Jar of ovoid form with tall neck, flared mouth and concave base. Six vertical loop-handles with moulded dragon heads on shoulder.
Clay: brown stoneware.
Glaze: 'blue jun' or 'blue feather' glaze, glossy, opaque; falls short of foot.
Decoration: a band of applique flower design below the loop-handles. Below this band is a row of shield-shaped design in low relief. Four moulded upright dragons pressed outward from inside alternate with two flaming pearls and cranes in low relief on body. A series of combed bands above foot.
Provenance:
?-2005
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne (1914-2004) and Gratia Hauge (d. 2000) [1]
From 2005
The National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, by gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge [2]
Notes:
[1] The Hauge family began collecting Asian paintings, sculpture, and ceramics in the late 1940s and would amass a large collection in the post-World War II years.
[2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between members of the Hauge families. See Deed of Gift, dated October 16, 2005, copy in object file. From 2005-2023 the work was part of the National Museum of Asian Art’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection and on March 21, 2023, the work was internally transferred to the National Museum of Asian Art Collection.
Collection:
National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia (April 1, 2007 to December 4, 2011)
Previous custodian or owner:
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge
Victor and Takako Hauge
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
crane  Search this
dragon  Search this
flower  Search this
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
China  Search this
Shiwan ware  Search this
stoneware  Search this
cobalt glaze  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Hauge collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Accession Number:
S2005.64
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/ye39f373649-eb58-459d-9b39-dbde397bc58f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S2005.64