Guan ware five-lobed dish
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Period
12th century, or later -
Geography
Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China -
Material
Stoneware with Guan glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 1.6 × 10.8 cm (5/8 × 4 1/4 in) -
Accession Number
F1916.578 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1916.578
Object Details
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Description
Saucer: small, five-foiled, with extended rim (a); b: wooden stand.Clay: hard, fine.Glaze: lustrous warm gray crackled in brown.Gift from Lee Van Ching, Shanghai. -
Provenance
To 1916Li Wenqing (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1916 [1]From 1916 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Li Wenqing, in New York, in 1916 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2508, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] See note 1. For further details regarding this gift, see Curatorial Remark 11, Louise Cort, June 9, 2010, 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 -
Exhibition History
Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan (March 5, 2022 - July 24, 2022)Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943) -
Previous custodian or owner
Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
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