Cizhou ware jar
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Period
14th-15th century -
Geography
Shaanxi province, China -
Material
Stoneware with white slip beneath clear glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 34.9 × 29.8 cm (13 3/4 × 11 3/4 in) -
Accession Number
F1896.84 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1896.84
Object Details
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Description
Vase: large, baluster.Clay: buff stoneware.Glaze: overall coating of white slip beneath colorless transparent glaze; scratched, pitted and chipped. Inside glazed. -
Provenance
To 1896Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1896 [1]From 1896 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1896 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L.7, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] See note 1.[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)America Meets Asia at the Freer Gallery of Art (May 9, 1993 to June 2, 1998)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943) -
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Shaanxi province, China -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
On View
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America -
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