Qingbai ware bowl
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Period
second half 12th century -
Geography
China -
Material
Porcelain with transparent pale blue (qingbai) glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 7.2 × 20.1 cm (2 13/16 × 7 15/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1907.291 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1907.291
Object Details
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Description
Bowl, flaring ovoidal; bold contracting foot; small kiln marks.Clay: hard, thin, white, musical.Glaze: brilliant greenish-white; thin earth deposits on outside.Decoration: engraved in paste under glaze. Cf. F1907.290. -
Provenance
Unknown owners, Seoul [1]From 1884-1898 to 1907Dr. Horace N. Allen (1858-1932), Toledo, Ohio, purchased from unknown owners, in Seoul, during 1884-1898 [2]From 1907 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dr. Horace N. Allen in 1907 [3]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]Notes:[1] Horace N. Allen acquired his collection in Seoul between 1884 and 1898. See Horace Allen, Copy of a Certified Catalogue of a Collection of Ancient Korean Pottery:purchased and owned by Horace Newton Allen (Nak Tong [Korea]: Seoul Press, 1901), pg. 7.[2] See Original Pottery List, L. 1610, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Pamphlets S.I. 738 and S.I. 739 for Allen Correspondence, as well as Pamphlet S.I. 740, Original Allen Catalogue, No. 8, pg. 10.[3] See note 2.[4] 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 -
Exhibition History
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016) -
Previous custodian or owner
Dr. Horace N. Allen (1858-1932) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
China -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
On View
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America -
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