Fragment of a large ceramic vessel of unknown form

Object Details

• Description

  Shape: Irregularly shaped fragment from the lower section of a ceramic vessel of unknown form.

  Clay: Fine light-beige clay having few inclusions and a moderate number of air pockets.

  Glaze: Rich, copper-pigmented, finely crackled turquoise glaze showing substantial flaking. Glaze has pooled above a raised horizontal band and at the bottom of the shard.

  Decoration: An underglaze iron-black design is painted onto a white slip which covers the beige-colored body.

  Marks: None.

• Provenance

  To 1957

  Abu Ridho, Jakarta, Indonesia. [1]

  1957

  John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, gift of Abu Ridho, Jakarta, Indonesia. [2]

  From 1957

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remarks 2 and 3 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1. See also object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Abu Ridho (born 1927)

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

• Origin

  China?

• Credit Line

  Gift of John A. Pope

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Pope, John Alexander, Ridho, Abu

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)