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At A Glance

On View

Period

11th-early 12th century
Geography

China
Material

Stoneware with celadon glaze
Dimension

H x Diam: 6.7 × 16.6 cm (2 5/8 × 6 9/16 in)
Accession Number

F1937.17
EDAN ID

edanmdm:fsg_F1937.17

Object Details

Description

Bowl stand (zhan tuo). One lacquer repair. Box.

Clay: hard, gray, porcellanous.

Glaze: thick lustrous grayish green; medium crackle.

Decoration: leaf outlines on the flange modelled in the slightest relief under glaze.
Provenance

By February 1937

C. T. Loo & Company, New York, NY from at least February 1, 1937 [1]

From May 1937

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York, NY on May 3, 1937 [2]

Notes:

[1] C. T. Loo's Approval Memo, dated February 1, 1937, on C. T. Loo & Company, Chinese Art letterhead, no. 36/298: "One stem cup Ju Yao with flower shaped edge and coated all over with a very finely crackled green glaze -- Sung -- Wooden stand," copy in object file. There are conflicting accounts regarding the dealer's source. In 1949, C. T. Loo informed the museum's director, John Alexander Pope, that this piece and F1937.16 belonged to the sister of Puyi (1906-1967), the last emperor of China (1908-1912) and was brought to the United States in the 1930s through Hongkong, see John Alexander Pope's note, dated to 1949, in object file.

Frank Caro, Loo's business associate and later his successor in the company, later contradicted this statement and referred to John A. Pope that the object belonged to the daughter of Zhang Zuolin (Chang Tso-lin) (1873-1928) and in 1933 was sold by her to T. T. Lee, an agent of Loo, see John A. Pope's note, dated to 1961, in object file. In 1961, Frank Caro was in the process of closing C. T. Loo Chinese Art and establishing his own company, Frank Caro Chinese Art. Neither story has been independently verified.

[2] See C. T. Loo's invoice, dated May 3, 1937, copy in object file. The object is described in the invoice as "One stem cup Ju Yao with flower shaped edge" and dated to Sung dynasty. See also C. T. Loo's stock card no. 36/298: "Ju Yao cup, floral shaped edge resting on a saucer," copy in object file.
Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History

Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song dynasty (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

Chinese Ceramics: 10th–13th Century (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2015)

Untitled Exhibition, East Asian Ceramics and Paintings, East Corridor (January 8, 1947 to ---)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics and Paintings (November 14, 1944 to May 3, 1946)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
Previous custodian or owner

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

China
Credit Line

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Type

Furniture and Furnishing
On View

Freer Gallery 15: Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song Dynasty
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