Bulb bowl with impressed character jiu (nine)

Object Details

• Description

  Bulb-bowl: low circular, on three cloud-scroll feet; two rows of studs on the exterior. Incised numeral jiu (nine) and spur-marks on the base. Wood stand.

  Clay: hard, dense, grayish-white.

  Glaze: inside: lavender to blue dappled with gray; outside: blue to rose-purple, dappled with light gray; olive on salient parts and base.

  "Earth-worm markings"

• Provenance

  To 1909

  Chi Pao Chai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

  From 1909 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Chi Pao Chai in 1909 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2036, 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 (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Chi Pao Chai (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Juntai kiln, Yuxian, Henan province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1400s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Chai, Chi Pao

• Place

  Yuxian, China, Juntai kiln, Henan province

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Jun ware, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Ceramics, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)