Cylindrical box with cover

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Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
late 11th-early 12th century -
Geography
China -
Material
Stoneware with copper-green, iron-yellow and clear lead-silicate glazes -
Dimension
H x W: 5.7 x 9.8 cm (2 1/4 x 3 7/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1917.230a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1917.230a-b
Object Details
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Description
Clay: buff white, fired hard.Glaze: transparent green, yellow and white with fine crackle; iridescence and decomposition in green areas. Green glaze inside bottom.Decoration: flower in incised lines which separate glaze colors. -
Provenance
To 1917Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [1]From 1917 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2534, Freer Galley 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
Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (November 4, 2006 to January 7, 2008)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, West Corridor, 1947 (January 8, 1947 to February 10, 1947)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese and Korean Ceramics (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943) -
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
China -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Container -
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