Cizhou ware dish with painted design of phoenix and flowers
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Period
13th century -
Geography
Jiaozuo kiln, Henan province, China -
Material
Stoneware with white slip under clear colorless glaze, lead-silicate enamels over glaze -
Dimension
H x W: 1.9 x 20.4 cm (3/4 x 8 1/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1915.70 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1915.70
Object Details
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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 1915Lai-Yuan and Company, New York to 1915 [1]From 1915 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company in 1915 [2]From 1920Freer 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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