Guan ware cup with foliate rim

Object Details

• Description

  Cup with foliate edge. Low foot with brown rim (edge chipped).

  Clay: dense, hard.

  Glaze: lustrous green-gray, irregularly crazed.

• Provenance

  From at least 1936

  C. T. Loo & Company, New York from at least April 27, 1936 [1]

  From 1936

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company on June 1, 1936 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See "List of objects owned by C. T. Loo, New York and [left by him] at the Gallery for examination… on April 27, 1936," copy in object file.

  [2] See C. T. Loo's invoice, dated April 30, 1936 and approved on June 1, 1936, copy in object file. See also C. T. Loo's stockcard no. S 16 where the object figures as "Peony shaped cup, Kuan Yao," C. T. Loo & Frank Caro Archive, Musée Guimet, Paris, copy in object file.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

  Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)

• Previous custodian or owner

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

• Origin

  Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1200s

• Name

  C. T. Loo & Company

• Place

  China, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province

• Topic

  Guan ware, Art, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279), Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Ceramics

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)