Cizhou ware jar

Object Details

• Description

  Jar, eleven lobes, low coarse foot.

  Clay: light buff stoneware.

  Glaze: transparent over white slip; thin with runs collected in large drops at foot; ranging from colorless to amber according to thickness; two irregular green areas; fine crackle.

  Decoration: incised in slip. Wisteria on background partially hatched and cross-hatched.

• Provenance

  From at least 1969 to 1970

  Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY, from at least 1969 [1]

  From 1970

  Freer Gallery of Art, bequeathed by Agnes E. Meyer [2]

  Notes:

  [1] The object is included in a codicil to Agnes E. Meyer’s will and testament, dated December 23, 1969, copy in object file.

  [2] See a codicil to Agnes E. Meyer’s will and testament cited in note 2.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer ((1875-1959) and (1887-1970))

• Origin

  Possibly Shaanxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1100s, 1000s

• Name

  Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.

• Place

  Shaanxi province, China

• Topic

  Art, Song dynasty (960 - 1279), White slip, Cizhou ware, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Wisteria

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)