Jun ware bulb bowl with impressed character er (two)

Object Details

• Description

  Bulb bowl: large, deep; on three cloud-scroll feet. Two rows of studs. Incised numeral ier (two) inside of foot. Spur marks on base.

  Clay: hard, gray.

  Glaze: inside: olive, lavender and misty blue, splashed with mingled red, brown and green; outside: gray, green, olive, lilac, purple, blue and red. "Earth-worm markings".

  Wooden stand (b).

• Provenance

  To 1916

  Tonying and Company, New York to 1916 [1]

  From 1916 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tonying and Company, New York in 1916 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2475, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. By at least 1917, Tonying and Company maintained business locations in Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, London, and New York, NY.

  [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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1700s, 1830s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Tonying and Company

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Art, Jun ware, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)