Vase with two lugs in form of ram's heads

Object Details

• Description

  Vase of flattened pear shape; high spreading foot; neck broken and repaired with metal rim; repair on foot.

  Body: hard gray stoneware.

  Glaze: opaque, rich lavendar-blue with large crackle.

  Decoration: two rams heads modelled in relief and cord moulding under glaze.

• Provenance

  To 1911

  Gie Su-tsar, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

  From 1911 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Gie Su-tsar in 1911 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Remark 3, an undated note from Charles Lang Freer: "This specimen I purchased personally from Mr. Gie Su-tsar of Peking, during the winter of 1910-11." See also, Original Pottery List, L. 2136, 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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Gie Su-tsar (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Guangdong province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1800s, 1890s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Su-tsar, Gie

• Place

  China, Guangdong province

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)