Bottle

Object Details

• Description

  Vase: ovoidal, with slender trumpet neck; strong basal ring. Neck broken near half-way point and repaired.

  Clay: hard, buff, low-fired, dense, cream-white.

  Glaze: white slip covered by transparent glaze, with local areas colored green, yellow and cream-color; the surface now largely iridescent. Earth adhesions. Green glaze on base.

  Decoration: lotus design deeply incised in outline.

• Previous custodian or owner

  Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)

• Provenance

  To 1934

  Tonying and Company, New York. [1]

  From 1934

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and Company, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Origin

  Dangyangyu kilns, Jiaozuo, Henan province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1100s, 1200s

• Name

  Tonying and Company

• Place

  Dangyangyu kilns, Jiaozuo, China, Henan province

• Topic

  Jin dynasty (1115 - 1234), Art, Cizhou ware, Chinese Art, Pottery, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Lotus, Liao dynasty (907 - 1125)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)