Cizhou ware dish with painted design of phoenix and flowers

Object Details

• Description

  Plate: flat, circular with expanding rim.

  Clay: light in weight; completely covered by glaze.

  Glaze: white, crazed.

  Decoration: painted in red, green and yellow enamels over glaze; partly decomposed.

• Provenance

  To 1915

  Lai-Yuan and Company, New York to 1915 [1]

  From 1915 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company in 1915 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2438, 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

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)

  Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)

  Untitled, Met Museum, 1916 (March 1916 to November 1920)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Jiaozuo kiln, Henan province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1200s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Lai-Yuan & Company

• Place

  China, Jiaozuo kiln, Henan province

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)