Jar with six-lobed body

Object Details

• Description

  Small jar, globular in shape with flat shoulder and rim; center round mouth. Light green-gray glaze extending over most of exterior. Irregular crackle to glaze with cracks discolored to a dirty brown-gray. Six molded rib lines run vertically from the shoulder down towards the base.

• Provenance

  To 1991

  Maureen R. Jacoby (d. 2002), Chestertown, Maryland. [1]

  From 1991

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Maureen R. Jacoby, Chestertown, Maryland. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Maureen R. Jacoby (1927– 2002)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mrs. Maureen R. Jacoby in memory of Rolf Jacoby

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  900s

• Name

  Jacoby, Maureen R.

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Five Dynasties period (907 - 960), Chinese Art, Tang dynasty (618 - 907), Ceramics

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)