Yue ware covered box with design of three flowers

Object Details

• Description

  Round, covered box with design of three flowers molded in low relief on top with details incised and combed.

  Body: hard, fine-grained medium gray.

  Glaze: thin transparent greenish gray showing green with minute bubbles in thick areas. Remains of six elongated spurmarks inside foot.

  Contains dealer sticker inside the lid.

• Marks

  Oval paper sticker with handwritten number "194."

  Oval paper sticker with handwritten number "194."

• 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)

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

  Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

  Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)

  Chinese Ceramics (May 9, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

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

  Chinese Calligraphy and Ceramics (April 18, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

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

  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

  Shanglinhu kilns, Zhejiang province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Container

• On View

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

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  900s, 1000s

• Place

  China, Zhejiang province, Shanglinhu kilns

• Topic

  Yue ware, Art, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Flowers, Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Containers

• On View

  Yes