Flower pot stand with incised character i (one), Jun ware or imitation

Object Details

• Description

  Flower pot stand: oblong quatre-foil, with projecting molded rim; four small cloud-scroll feet. Wood stand.

  Clay: hard, whitish.

  Glaze: olive, clouded with greenish-cream.

  Contains inscription and marks.

• Marks

  Spur marks on the base.

• Inscriptions

  Incised numeral i (one)

• Provenance

  To 1907

  Unidentified owner, China, to 1907 [1]

  From 1907 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in China from an unidentified owner in 1907 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1494, 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 Orchid in Chinese Painting (January 15 to July 17, 2011)

  The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)

  The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Furniture and Furnishing

• On View

  Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1890s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  China

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Furniture, Furnishings

• On View

  Yes