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Bowl

Object Details

Description
Unclassified.
Bowl: low flaring, on low foot. Firecrack in base.
Clay: hard, whitish.
Glaze: rich yellowish-cream over light-brown slip; crazed and discolored.
Decoration: incised ring, inside.
Provenance
To 1911
Unidentified owner, Honan-fu, China, to 1911 [1]
From 1911 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified owner at Honan-fu in 1911 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2099, 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
Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (November 4, 2006 to January 7, 2008)
Previous custodian or owner
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Date
mid 10th-early 12th century
Period
Northern Song dynasty
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 6.5 × 20.9 cm (2 9/16 × 8 1/4 in)
Type
Vessel
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