Ding ware bowl with notched rim

Object Details

• Description

  Bowl, flaring with six-notched rim; bold foot.

  Clay: dense, white, musical.

  Glaze: brownish cream merging into brown, into green, into a rich deadleaf brown of dull surface; erratic splashes of green.

• Provenance

  To 1911

  Koekia, Tokyo, to 1911 [1]

  From 1911 to 1919

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

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2154, 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

  Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song dynasty (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Chinese Ceramics: 10th–13th Century (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2015)

  Black and White: Chinese Ceramics from the 10th-14th Centuries (December 18, 2004 to November 7, 2010)

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

  Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Koekia (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Ding kilns, Hebei province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Freer Gallery 15: Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song Dynasty

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1000s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Koekia

• Place

  China, Ding kilns, Hebei province

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Ding ware, Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes