Vase

Object Details

• Description

  Vase, tall, pear-shaped, on pedestal foot; two monster head loop handles. Lip partly restored. Imitation of bronze vase shape.

  Clay: dense, gray-white.

  Glaze: brilliant lustre glaze, predominantly green, of high metallic iridescence, over red-brown wash.Copper-tinted lead glaze.

  Decoration: ornamental bands molded in thread relief glaze: naturalistic cranes in band around neck, by handles; diamond-shaped diaper-pattern band filled with dots, around base.

• Provenance

  To 1899

  Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1899 [1]

  From 1899 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1899 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 62, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Provenance Remarks 1 and 2 in the object record.

  [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

  Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Shanxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1700s, 1400s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Matsuki, Bunkio

• Place

  Shanxi province, China

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, White slip, Brown slip, Chinese Art, Iridescence, Ceramics, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Copper-green glaze

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)