Cizhou ware bottle
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Period
11th-early 12th century -
Geography
Shaanxi province, China -
Material
Stoneware with white slip under clear colorless glaze and copper-green lead-silicate glaze -
Dimension
H x W: 40.2 x 22.6 cm (15 13/16 x 8 7/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1968.31 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1968.31
Object Details
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Description
Vase, mei-ping form with saucer mouth; lip chipped in several places.Clay: gray stoneware.Glaze: appears as two layers, dark green over a pale green to colorless; fine crackle; over approximately half the surface the green glaze has disappeared; base and part of foot rim glazed.Decoration: incised and painted in white slip under the glaze; six formalized flower sprays, two butterflies spaced between petal bands at base and top of shoulder. -
Provenance
From at least 1967 to 1968Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC and Mt. Kisco, NY, from at least 1967 [1]From 1968Freer Gallery of Art, given by Agnes E. Meyer in 1968 [2]Notes:[1] The object is included in Agnes E. Meyer’s Deed of Gift, listed as no. 17 in the document’s Annex, dated July 24, 1967, copy in object file.[2] See Agnes E. Meyer’s Deed of Gift, cited in note 1. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Previous custodian or owner
Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer ((1875-1959) and (1887-1970)) -
Origin
Shaanxi province, China -
Credit Line
Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer -
Type
Vessel -
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