Jar with five vertical lugs and short spout

Gold lacquer restorations, tip of spout and one lug.
Clay: heavily grogged iron-bearing stoneware, reddish-brown on surface, gray on interior. Formed by coiling.
Glaze: dark reddish-brown, iron slip, under mottled grayish-green ash glaze, of dull lustre. Interior glazed. Iron slip wiped off base.
Inscription: written in ink, on base.

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Historical period(s)
Ming dynasty, 16th-mid 17th century
Medium
Stoneware with iron slip under mottled ash glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 19 Ɨ 24.8 cm (7 1/2 Ɨ 9 3/4 in)
Geography
China, Guangdong or Fujian province
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1901.174
On View Location
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Jar

Keywords
China, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), stoneware
Provenance

To 1901
Y. Fujita and Company, to 1901 [1]

From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Y. Fujita and Company in 1901 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1070, 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.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Y. Fujita and Company (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Description

Gold lacquer restorations, tip of spout and one lug.
Clay: heavily grogged iron-bearing stoneware, reddish-brown on surface, gray on interior. Formed by coiling.
Glaze: dark reddish-brown, iron slip, under mottled grayish-green ash glaze, of dull lustre. Interior glazed. Iron slip wiped off base.
Inscription: written in ink, on base.

Inscription(s)

Written in ink, on base.

Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
The Story of the Beautiful
Google Cultural Institute
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