Vase in the form of a fanghu

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Period
18th-19th century -
Geography
China -
Material
Stoneware with Guan-style glaze -
Dimension
H x W x D: 40.5 x 30.7 x 27.4 cm (15 15/16 x 12 1/16 x 10 13/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1911.345a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1911.345a-b
Object Details
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Description
Vase, with four sides of pear-shaped outline: oblong base (pierced) and mouth; squared tubular handles. wood stand.Clay: hard, dense, grayish.Glaze: rich misty-bluish green-gray, crackled; dark red-brown wash underneath. -
Provenance
To 1911Shir Gu Sai, China, to 1911 [1]From 1911 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Shir Gu Sai, in China, in 1911 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2130, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] See note 1.[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 -
Exhibition History
Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)Early Chinese Pottery and Scultpure, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916 (March 6 to October 15, 1916)Untitled Exhibition, The Japan Society, February 1914 (February 1914) -
Previous custodian or owner
Shir Gu Sai (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
China -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
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