Vase

Object Details

• Description

  Celadon-Longquan type.

  Vase: Bottle shaped with tall cylindrical neck surrounded by a flat horizontal ring flange about one third of the way up.

  Body: Fine-grained, vitreous, light gray porcelain, fired reddish brown on foot rim.

  Glaze: thick, opaque, gray-green celadeon filled with minute bubbles many of which have burst on surface leaving tiny gray flecks; covers whole vessel and inside of base, leaving only foot-rim bare. Nicked on one side.

  Decoration: None.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan (March 5, 2022 - July 24, 2022)

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

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

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

  Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)

• Origin

  Longquan, Zhejiang province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1300s

• Place

  China, Zhejiang province, Longquan

• Topic

  Art, Green glaze, Chinese Art, Longquan ware, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Ceramics

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)