Yixing ware teapot with false mark of Gong Chun

Object Details

• Artist

  False seal of Gong Chun (active ca. 1506-1521)

• Description

  Teapot with cover.

  Body: dark reddish brown clay, fired hard.

  Glaze: none.

  Decoration: plum branches with blossoms, bamboo leaves and wasps in relief on upper half of pot and on cover.

  Inscription of two characters incised in clay on base: Gong Chun.

• Marks

  Inscription of two characters incised in clay on base: Gong Chun.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

  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)

• Origin

  Yixing, Jiangsu province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1800s, 1900s

• Name

  Gong, Chun

• Place

  Jiangsu province, Yixing, China

• Topic

  Tea, Art, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Yixing ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)