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At A Glance

  • Period

    13th century

  • Geography

    Hunyuan kilns, Shanxi Province, China

  • Material

    Stoneware with iron glaze and iron pigment

  • Dimension

    H x W: 20 x 18.5 cm (7 7/8 x 7 5/16 in)

  • Accession Number

    F1918.146

  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1918.146

Object Details

  • Description

    Bottle: globular, on flat hollowed foot. A hole in one side; neck restored. Wood stand.
    Clay: hard, grayish.
    Glaze: lustrous brownish-black.
    Decoration: in reddish-brown over-glaze.

  • Provenance

    To 1918
    Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1918 [1]
    From 1918 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1918 [2]
    From 1920
    The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
    Notes:
    [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 2585, 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

    Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
    Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
    Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)
    Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)

  • Previous custodian or owner

    Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

  • Origin

    Hunyuan kilns, Shanxi Province, China

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Lang Freer

  • Type

    Vessel

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