Bowl with incised decoration and false Zhengde (1506-1521) mark

Object Details

• Description

  Monochrome -- turquoise blue. Bowl, copy of Ming, Cheng-te period.

  Clay: fine white porcelain.

  Glaze: brilliant turquoise blue, high gloss; edge of foot-rim unglazed.

  Decoration: incised under glaze, floral scroll outside, phoenixes inside. Six-character Zhengde mark incised under glaze on base.

• Marks

  Six-character Zhengde mark incised under glaze on base.

• Provenance

  From at least 1934 to 1935

  C. T. Loo & Company, New York from at least December 1, 1934 [1]

  From 1935

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company on February 2, 1935 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See "List of objects owned by C. T. Loo, New York and [left by him] at the Gallery for examination on December 1, 1934," copy in object file.

  [2] See C. T. Loo's invoice dated February 2, 1935, copy in object file. The object was purchased from Loo as "Chinese pottery bowl. Ming dynasty."

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, East Asian Ceramics and Paintings, East Corridor (January 8, 1947 to ---)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics and Paintings (November 14, 1944 to May 3, 1946)

• Previous custodian or owner

  C. T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1800s, 1700s

• Name

  C. T. Loo & Company

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Copy, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Phoenix, Ceramics, Flowers, Jingdezhen ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)