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At A Glance

  • Period

    late 6th-early 7th century

  • Geography

    China

  • Material

    Stoneware with white slip under translucent green glaze

  • Dimension

    H x Diam: 6.4 x 16.4 cm (2 1/2 x 6 7/16 in)

  • Accession Number

    F1898.42

  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1898.42

Object Details

  • Description

    Bowl: low with uneven rim; spreading foot tapered at edge and slightly concave underneath.
    Clay: medium stoneware: grayish white, red where fired.
    Glaze: greenish running to yellowish where it covers areas of white slip; crackled; some blobs under foot; brownish appearance where stained. Three small spurmarks in bottom.
    Note three small spurmarks in bottom of bowl; added to the description in the attribution.

  • Provenance

    To 1897
    Charles A. Dana (1819-1897), New York to 1897 [1]
    From 1898 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at auction, the Dana Collection Sale, American Art Galleries, New York February 24-26, 1898, no. 32 [2]
    From 1920
    Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
    Notes:
    [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 311, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
    [2] See note 1. See also, Curatorial Remark 11, Louise Cort, July 18, 2005, in the object record.
    [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

  • Collection

    Freer Gallery of Art Collection

  • Previous custodian or owner

    Charles A. Dana (1819-1897)
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

  • Origin

    China

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Lang Freer

  • Type

    Vessel

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