Cizhou or Cizhou-type ware wine jar

Object Details

• Description

  Vase: large, baluster form; depressed foot.

  Clay: buff (?) stone ware.

  Glaze: transparent glaze over a coating of white slip. Inside, dark brown glaze.

  Decoration: in black under glaze.

• Provenance

  To 1904

  Mr. D.J.R. Ushikubo, to 1904 [1]

  From 1904 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mr. D.J.R. Ushikubo in 1904 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1305, 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

  Black and White: Chinese Ceramics from the 10th-14th Centuries (December 18, 2004 to November 7, 2010)

• Previous custodian or owner

  D. J. Ushikubo (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Yuzhou kilns, Henan province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1400s

• Name

  Ushikubo, D. J., Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Yuzhou kilns, China, Henan province

• Topic

  Wine and wine making, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Cizhou ware, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Ceramics, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)