Bowl with cyclical date

Object Details

• Description

  Bowl of deep cauldron shape, rounded sides, everted lip slightly involuted at rim; foot. Fire cracks; small chips on rim.

  Clay: thin white porcelain, with some flaws.

  Glaze: colorless.

  Decoration: painting in underglaze blue freely executed in thin lines and washes of blue with a violet tinge; blackish spots along lines. Design of deer, monkeys and birds in landscape around exterior; on interior, seated figure in landscape in enclosure on bottom of bowl, and band of diaper around lip.

  Inscription: ping-tzu sui tso (Chn) (made in the year of ping-tzu [probably 1576]).

• Inscriptions

  Inscription: ping-tzu sui tso (^c^) (made in the year of ping-tzu [probably 1576]).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

  A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980 (November 9, 1979 to May 22, 1980)

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

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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