Box with slip design of grapes and squirrel, false Chenghua mark

Object Details

• Description

  Box: cylindrical; with cover. Inscription on base. Slight repair.

  Clay: fine, dense, white.

  Glaze: two tones of cream, flushed with lilac; irregular crackles.

  Decoration: grape-vine and squirrel design covered in low relief under glaze.

  Mark on the base.

• Marks

  Six-character Ch'eng-hua mark in underglaze blue on base.

• 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. 1528, 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)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Container

• On View

  Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1800s, 1890s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Cobalt pigment, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Slip, Ceramics, Jingdezhen ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Containers

• On View

  Yes