Artist's water cup in the form of a lotus seedpod, supported on a peach, chestnut, and acorn

Object Details

• Artist

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

• Description

  Artist's water cup, modelled as half of a lotus pod; three attached objects (peach, chestnut and acorn) forming the supports. Two seals and inscription. Wood stand.

  Clay: fine, dense.

  Glaze: thin brownish slip; peach, glazed in yellow and red.

  Decoration: (noted above) modelled in full relief.

• Inscriptions

  仙家風味好花果

  仙家風味好花果

• 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. 2502, 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

• 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

  1910s, 1870s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Pang, Yuanji

• Place

  Jiangsu province, Yixing, China

• Topic

  Water, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Lotus, Yixing ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)