Yaozhou type bowl with molded decoration

Object Details

• Description

  Celadon bowl -- Northern Celadon.

  Bowl: low broad-ovoidal; bold basal ring; attachments of kiln slag.

  Clay: hard, grayish.

  Glaze: luminous variable grayish-green celadon.

  Decoration: interior: four flowers attached to leafy scroll impressed in the paste under glaze.

  One of a pair: F1919.91-F1919.92.

• Label

  This bowl is probably from the Chengguan kilns. Many workshops competed with the Yaozhou kilns by producing similar wares; sometimes only subtle differences distinguish the wares. This Yaozhou-type bowl was covered uniformly with two layers of glaze, including inside the footring. The bowl's overall green color reveals its manufacture outside Yaozhou. The decoration was imparted by a much-used mold that was worn at the center; hand carving sharpened the details.

• Provenance

  To 1919

  You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [1]

  1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in 1919 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2616, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [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

  Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)

• Previous custodian or owner

  You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Chengguan kiln, Henan province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1100s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, You, Xiaoxi

• Place

  China, Chengguan kiln, Henan province

• Topic

  Jin dynasty (1115 - 1234), Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Green glaze, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127), Yaozhou ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)