Cizhou ware vase

Historical period(s)
Northern Song or Jin dynasty, 12th century
Medium
Stoneware with white and black slips under colorless transparent glaze
Style
Cizhou ware
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 22.6 x 12.4 cm (8 7/8 x 4 7/8 in)
Geography
China, Hebei province, Cizhou county, Guantai kilns
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number
F1929.13
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Vase

Keywords
China, Cizhou ware, Jin dynasty (1115 - 1234), lotus, Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127), stoneware
Provenance

To 1929
C.T. Loo & Company, New York to 1929 [1]

From 1929
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C.T. Loo & Company, New York in 1929 [2]

Notes:

[1] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s)

C.T. Loo & Company active 1915-1962

Published References
  • Mayuyama Junkichi. Obei shuzo chugoku toji zuroku (Chinese Ceramics in the West). Tokyo. pl. 40.
  • Mayuyama Junkichi H. Igaki. Chinese Ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art. no. 43, October 1956. pl. 1.
  • Jan Wirgin. Sung Ceramic Designs. no. 42, Stockholm. pp. 1-272.
  • Warren E. Cox. The Book of Pottery and Porcelain. 2 vols., New York. p. 193, fig. 363.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
Rights Statement

Copyright with museum

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