Qingbai ware bowl with molded decoration

Object Details

• Description

  Bowl. Open form; minimal footrim; slightly concave bottom. Wheel-thrown then shaped over drape mold.

  Clay: translucent porcelain. White under glaze; orange-toned where exposed on unglazed rim, foot, and bottom.

  Glaze: translucent, radiant turquoise blue, deeper where thicker.

  Decoration: emphatic groove around central roundel and six fluting lines on interior walls formed by use of drape mold. In bottom, design of paired fish incised using blunt-edged and comb-like tools.

  With a brown fabric covered box and a wooden stand.

• Provenance

  To 1949

  Helen D. Ling (died 1982), Shanghai. [1]

  From 1949 - 1984

  James G. Ling, by gift from his mother, Helen D. Ling in 1949. [2]

  From 1984

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of James G. and Ann S. Ling in 1984. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Helen Dalling Ling, a collector who operated "The Green Dragon" antiques shop in Shanghai from 1938 to 1950 and a shop under her own name in Singapore from 1951 until her death in 1982.

  [2] James G. Ling received this object from his mother, Helen D. Ling in 1949.

  [3] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  James G. Ling

  Helen D. Ling (1901-1982)

  Dr. and Mrs. James G. and Ann S. Ling

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of James G. and Ann S. Ling in memory of the collector and connoisseur Helen Dalling Ling

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1200s, 1300s

• Name

  Ling, James G. and Ann S., Ling, James G, Ling, Helen D.

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Qingbai ware, Chinese Art, Fishes, Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279), Ceramics

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)