Green-glazed hu-shaped jar

Object Details

• Description

  Jar (hu): ovoidal, with trumpet-shaped mouth; two open handles; recessed foot. Cf. F1910.15.

  Clay: hard, gray stoneware. Reddish-brown on surface.

  Glaze: lustrous olive, lightly craced on shoulder and inside neck.

  Decoration: corrugated encircling lines, and linear designs incised in paste.

  Cf. F1910.15.

• Provenance

  To 1909

  Ta Ge Chung, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

  From 1909 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Chung, Beijing, in 1909 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2014, 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

  Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)

  Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ta Ge Chung (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Zhejiang Province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Date

  BCE 0s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Ge Chung, Ta

• Place

  China, Zhejiang Province

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE), Ceramics, Zhejiang green-glazed ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)