Fragment of the side wall of a covered box

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Period
1127-1279 -
Geography
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China -
Material
Porcelain with pale blue (qingbai) glaze -
Dimension
H x W x D: 0.9 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm (3/8 x 1 11/16 x 1 1/4 in) -
Accession Number
FSC-P-464 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_FSC-P-464
Object Details
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Description
Shape: Fragment of the side wall of a covered ceramic box. The box wall is 0.6 - 0.7 cm thick. The upper portion of the shard appears to be indented in the shape of a flange over which a cover would have fit. There is not enough of the flange remaining to determine its exact shape. Wheel-thrown.Clay: Very fine-grained, white, porcelain clay having many fine, dark inclusions and few air pockets.Glaze: A pale seawater-green glaze covers both the outside and inside of the box shard. The inside coating, however, is very thin. The glaze on the outside is uncrackled and assumes a deeper green hue where it pools in the incised design.Decoration: Vertical incised lines reach from the edge of the flange to the bottom of the shard.Marks: None. -
Provenance
To 1957John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected between August 1956 and April 1957 in Angkor, Cambodia. [1]From 1957Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [2]Notes:[1] See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record. See also “Ceramics in Mainland and Southeast Asia: Collections in the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery”, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.[2] See note 1. See also object file, Collections Management Office. -
Collection
Freer Study Collection -
Previous custodian or owner
Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982) -
Origin
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China -
Credit Line
Gift of John A. Pope -
Type
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