Vase in shape of archaic jade cong

Object Details

• Description

  Flower-vase: square, with circular mouth and base -- "earth-form". Wood stand.

  Clay: hard, resonant; foot: hard, gray.

  Glaze: soft, light bluish-gray; brown wash on foot.

  Decoration: molded in relief.

• Provenance

  To 1911

  Shir Gu Sai, China, to 1911 [1]

  From 1911 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Shir Gu Sai, in China, in 1911 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2133, 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

  Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Shir Gu Sai (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1800s, 1700s

• Name

  Sai, Shir Gu, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)