Vase made as sample, with date "4th year"

Object Details

• Description

  Vase: faceted cube body, cylindrical neck, two handles.

  Clay: porcelain.

  Decoration: Moulded animal heads at tops of handles. Four characters in underglaze blue under base: Ssu nien shih yang [Ch].

• Inscriptions

  Four characters in underglaze blue under base: Ssu nien shih yang [Ch].

• Provenance

  To 1956

  Herschel V. Johnson, Charlotte, NC, to 1956 [1]

  From 1956

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Herschel V. Johnson in 1956 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office. Also see Curatorial Remarks, Eleanor Radcliffe, 1984, in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Herschel V. Johnson

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Herschel V. Johnson, Charlotte, North Carolina

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1720s, 1790s

• Name

  Johnson, Herschel V.

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Jingdezhen ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)