Mold for a Ding ware dish, with design of a xiniu gazing at a crescent moon

Object Details

• Description

  Ding ware - mold for impressing design on.

  Plate-pattern, used for moulding low, round plates.

  Clay: dense, white.

  Unglazed.

  Decoration: cut in paste on both surfaces.

  Contains inscription on the inside.

• Inscriptions

  Potter's name incised on reverse.

• Provenance

  To 1914

  Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1914 [1]

  From 1914 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1914 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2417, 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

  Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Hebei province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Tool and Equipment

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1200s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  China, Hebei province

• Topic

  Jin dynasty (1115 - 1234), Charles Lang Freer collection, Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Ding ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Tools and equipment