Rattle in the shape of a duck

Object Details

• Description

  Small mold-formed rattle in the shape of a duck.

  Clay: buff, soft (not fused). Molded in piece-mold. Air holes in center of back, underside of back.

  Glaze: thin, matte white glaze on head and body, accented with thin, matte carmel-brown glaze.

  Decoration: molded details of eyes, feathers, wings, tail, and feet.

• Provenance

  From ?

  Dean Frasché, collected in Thailand. [1]

  To 1989

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dean Frasché, Greenwich, Connecticut. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 4 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

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

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dean F. Frasche (1906-1994)

• Origin

  Zhangzhou kilns, Fujian province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dean Frasché

• Type

  Musical Instrument

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1690s

• Name

  Frasche, Dean F.

• Place

  China, Zhangzhou kilns, Fujian province

• Topic

  Rattle, Art, Chinese Art, Pottery, Brown and black glaze, Ceramics, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Zhangzhou ware, Ducks

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Musical instruments