Cizhou ware Jar

Object Details

• Description

  Jar: mammoth, inverted pear-shaped; heavy rolled rim; flat foot

  Clay: hard, gray, heavily potted.

  Glaze: transparent over white slip and exposed biscuit; russet and gray stains.

  Decoration: engraved in slip in relief under glaze.

• Provenance

  To 1917

  Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [1]

  From 1917 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] According to Charles Lang Freer's undated note, Yamanaka and Company purchased the jar in 1917 in Peking.

  [2] Undated folder sheet note. See also Original Pottery List, L. 2567, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [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

  Storage Jars of Asia (October 29, 2000 to March 10, 2002)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Shaanxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  Shaanxi province, China

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Cizhou ware, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Ceramics

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)