Jar

Object Details

• Description

  Small squat jar with slightly tapered neck, rounded sides, and unglazed base with thin raised edge.

  Clay: porcelain; oxidized orange where exposed on base.

  Glaze: clear, overall grayish tone; ends slightly above base with two fingerprints.

  Decoration: in underglaze cobalt: line around rim; three indistinct shapes on neck; collar of ruyi lappets; on body, two floral sprays, with stems to left and tips to right, separated by "crescent moons" above and six-pointed "asterisks" below.

  Mark: none.

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ms. Dorothy M. Slak

• Provenance

  From ca. 1968

  Dorothy M. Slak, acquired ca. 1968 from Jakarta, Indonesia. [1]

  From 1986

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dorothy M. Slak, Sarasota, Florida. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

  Also see Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dorothy M. Slak

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1600s

• Name

  Slak, Dorothy M.

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Flowers, Jingdezhen ware, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)