Teapot in the form of a cloth bundle

Object Details

• Artist

  Chen Mingyuan (active late 17th-early 18th century)

• Description

  Tea-pot; oblong with rounded corners; cover, handle and short spout.

  Inscription incised and two seals impressed on base.

  Clay: fine, hard.

  Glaze: thin tea-colored slip.

  Decoration: a knotted napkin, modelled in relief.

• Inscriptions

  戌子仲冬月

  陽羨山人指

  陽羨山人指

• Provenance

  To 1916

  Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1916 [1]

  From 1916 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Pang Yuanji in 1916 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2501, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1. For further details regarding this gift, see Provenance Remark 1 in the object record, as well as the object record for

  F1916.578a-b, Curatorial Remark 11, Louise Cort, June 9, 2010.

  [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

  Beyond Paper: Chinese Calligraphy on Objects (August 18, 1994 to July 3, 1997)

  Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

  Ming Dynasty Paintings (December 4, 1978 to June 14, 1979)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864-1949) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Yixing, Jiangsu province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1700s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Pang, Yuanji

• Place

  Jiangsu province, Yixing, China

• Topic

  Tea, Art, Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722), Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Yixing ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)