Longquan ware funerary jar

Object Details

• Description

  Covered jar with slender neck and wide mouth; loops on shoulder; cover.

  Clay: hard gray porcellaneous stoneware.

  Glaze: clear. Decoration: none.

• Label

  The pale, gray-green glaze on this long-necked jar demonstrates the close technological ties between early Longquan ware and Yue ware. Only recently have scholars learned to distinguish between similar products from the two kilns, and sometimes identifications are still inconclusive. The clay body and glaze of this jar suggest Longquan ware. Jars of this shape seem to have been made for funerary use.

• Provenance

  To 1961

  Howard Hollis and Company, Cleveland, Ohio. [1]

  From 1961

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Howard Hollis and Company, Cleveland, Ohio. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

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

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Howard Hollis and Company (established 1949)

• Origin

  Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  900s

• Name

  Howard Hollis and Company

• Place

  Longquan kilns, China, Zhejiang province

• Topic

  Art, Green glaze, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Longquan ware, Ceramics, Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)