Ding ware dish with incised design of lotus

Object Details

• Description

  Dish: low, flaring rim with six notches; thin basal ring; metal rim.

  Clay: hard, white, musical.

  Glaze: rich cream-white; brownish flow on the exterior.

  Decoration: incised in the paste under glaze.

• Provenance

  To 1905

  Edward G. Getz, New York to 1905 [1]

  From 1905 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edward G. Getz in 1905 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1336, 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

  Chinese Ceramics: Glazed Ceramics of the Tenth through Thirteenth Century (March 9, 1987 to July 19, 1988)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Edward G. Getz (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Hebei province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1100s, 1000s

• Name

  Getz, Edward G., Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  China, Hebei province

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Ding ware, Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)