Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Bowl, ovoidal; broad foot. Hole in side.

  Clay: light-weight, grayish.

  Glaze: dark aubergine-brown, of high metallic lustre. Glaze wiped off base.

  Decoration: in tea-leaf green, over glaze. 5 spur marks.

• Provenance

  To 1902

  Samuel Colman (1832-1920), New York, NY, and Newport, RI, to 1902 [1]

  1902

  Rufus E. Moore, New York, NY, purchased at the sale of the Samuel Colman Collection, American Art Association, New York, March 20, 1902, no. 355 [2]

  From 1902 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1902 [3]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

  Notes:

  [1] Samuel Colman was collecting Asian objects by at least 1880 (see Curatorial Remark 8, Louise Cort, April 20, 2007, in the object record).

  [2] See Original Pottery List, L. 1109, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] 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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Samuel Colman (1832-1920)

  Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1640s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Moore, Rufus E., Colman, Samuel

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Brown and black glaze, Ceramics, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)