Object Details
- Description
- Jar (hu): ovoidal, with trumpet-shaped mouth; two open handles; recessed foot. Cf. F1910.15.
- Clay: hard, gray stoneware. Reddish-brown on surface.
- Glaze: lustrous olive, lightly craced on shoulder and inside neck.
- Decoration: corrugated encircling lines, and linear designs incised in paste.
- Cf. F1910.15.
- Label
- Shaped after the Chinese bronze vessel called a hu, this jar bears glaze only inside its neck and on its shoulder. The glaze may be a combination of applied and natural glazes. A natural decorative effect was produced where the glaze gathered on the raised bowstring patterns. Incised stylized bird motifs complete the decor. Although jars of this type are found in tombs, they also may have been used in everyday life for storage.
- Provenance
- To 1909
- Ta Ge Chung, Beijing, to 1909 [1]
- From 1909 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Chung, Beijing, in 1909 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2014, 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
- Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)
- Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Ta Ge Chung (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE
- Period
- Western Han dynasty
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Stoneware with applied and accidental wood-ash glazes
- Dimensions
- H x W: 27.7 x 20.7 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/8 in)
- Style
- Zhejiang green-glazed ware
- Type
- Vessel
