Vase with incised and applied decoration

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Period
mid 17th-19th century -
Geography
Zhang kilns, Fujian province, China -
Material
Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze -
Dimension
H x W: 27.1 x 14.1 cm (10 11/16 x 5 9/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1916.489 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1916.489
Object Details
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Description
Vase: bottle-shaped; depressed base.Clay: hard, white, resonant.Glaze: cream-white of moist brilliance; coarsely crackled.Decoration: dragon design in relief on the neck; floral and meanderdesigns incised in paste under glaze on the body. -
Provenance
To 1916You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [1]From 1916 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York in 1916 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2493, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 6, undated folder sheet note, in the object record, this object was reproduced in Masterpieces in Chinese National Art, the Collection of Mr. Seaouke Yue, [Shanghai; 1916], pl. 81.[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)Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943) -
Previous custodian or owner
You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Zhang kilns, Fujian province, China -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
On View
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America -
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