Object Details
- Description
- Jar: twelve-lobed, with bulbous shoulder; pottery cover. Wood stand.
- Clay: soft, buff.
- Glaze: deep green-blue; crackled.
- Decoration: in low relief and incised, in paste under glaze.
- Monochrome - turquoise.
- Provenance
- To 1905
- Yamanaka & Company, to 1905 [1]
- From 1905 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1905 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1379, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
- [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
- The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 16th-mid 17th century
- Period
- Ming dynasty
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Stoneware with enamel glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 15.2 × 15.8 cm (6 × 6 1/4 in)
- Type
- Vessel
