Zhangzhou ware jar

Object Details

• Description

  Small jar, with short slightly tapering neck, globular body and unglazed slightly concave base.

  Clay: porcelain.

  Glaze: translucent and grayish; large random crackle; spills on to foot.

  Decoration: in underglaze cobalt: single line around neck; overlapping petals around shoulder; double line; two shaped panels, each framing a single blossom with foliage, against a ground of "fish-scale" scallops; single line above base.

  Mark: none.

• Provenance

  About 1968 to 1986

  Dorothy M. Slak, Sarasota, Florida, acquired in Jakarta about 1968 [1]

  From 1986

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Dorothy M. Slak in 1986

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 7 in object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia (April 1, 2007 to December 4, 2011)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ms. Dorothy M. Slak

• Origin

  Zhangzhou kilns, Fujian province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dorothy M. Slak

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1630s, 1570s

• Name

  Slak, Dorothy M.

• Place

  China, Zhangzhou kilns, Fujian province

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Clear glaze, Chinese Art, Flowers, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Zhangzhou ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)