Flower pot stand with impressed character qi (seven)
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Period
14th-15th century -
Geography
Henan province, China -
Material
Stoneware with Jun glaze and copper pigment -
Dimension
H x Diam: 6.6 × 21.6 cm (2 5/8 × 8 1/2 in) -
Accession Number
F1913.4 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1913.4
Object Details
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Description
Molded with six petal-lobes and foliated flanged rim; three cloud-scroll feet. Teakwood stand.Clay: hard, dense, gray.Glaze: inside,-purple and olive clouded with greenish-white; outside,-crimson, gray and blue; olive on salient parts.Contains inscription and marks on the base. -
Marks
Contains spur-marks on the base. -
Inscriptions
Incised numeral qi (seven) on the base. -
Provenance
To 1913Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1913 [1]From 1913 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New Yorkin 1913 [2]From 1920The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] Undated folder sheet note. See also Original Pottery List, L. 2363, Freer Galley 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
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019) -
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Henan province, China -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Furniture and Furnishing -
On View
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America -
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