Jar

Object Details

• Description

  Jar: Ovoid, with trumpet mouth; eight eyelets.

  Clay: terra cotta.

  Glaze: green, with large areas of silvery iridescence.

  Decoration: in applied relief. See folder.

• Provenance

  To 1930

  C. T. Loo & Company, New York to 1930 [1]

  From 1930

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in 1930 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinese and Korean Ceramics (July 11, 1986 to March 13, 1987)

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

  Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)

  Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)

• Previous custodian or owner

  C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Date

  500s

• Name

  C.T. Loo & Company

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Chinese Art, Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581), Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577), Pottery, Iridescence, Ceramics

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)