Bottle with decoration of clouds and phoenixes

Object Details

• Description

  Vase: ovoidal form, short neck and projecting lip.

  Clay: hard, dense, grayish.

  Glaze: lustrous black with purple reflections; light grayish-brown splash.

  Decoration: faint traces of a cloud and phoenix design over glaze.

• Provenance

  To 1905

  Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1905 [1]

  From 1905 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1905 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1425, 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)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

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

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Jiangxi 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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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Matsuki, Bunkio

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Cloud, Phoenix, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Ceramics, Jizhou ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes