Vase

Jar, in lotus-bud form, with short flaring lip; broad heavy foot. Lip restored.
Clay: heavy coarse gray stoneware.
Glaze: greenish gray with areas of violet-gray; crackled. Glaze ground off edge of foot. Base unglazed.
Decoration: lotus petals incised, reaching from base to shoulder. Horizontal line incised below neck; closely spaced vertical lines incised above line to neck.

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Historical period(s)
Qing dynasty, Edo period, or Meiji era, 18th-19th century
Medium
Stoneware with opaque celadon glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 29.1 Ɨ 23.1 cm (11 7/16 Ɨ 9 1/8 in)
Geography
China or Japan
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1902.8
On View Location
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Vase

Keywords
China, Edo period (1615 - 1868), green glaze, Japan, lotus, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), stoneware
Provenance

To 1902
Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1902 [1]

From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian in 1902 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1081, 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)

Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Dikran Garabed Kelekian (C.L. Freer source) 1868-1951

Description

Jar, in lotus-bud form, with short flaring lip; broad heavy foot. Lip restored.
Clay: heavy coarse gray stoneware.
Glaze: greenish gray with areas of violet-gray; crackled. Glaze ground off edge of foot. Base unglazed.
Decoration: lotus petals incised, reaching from base to shoulder. Horizontal line incised below neck; closely spaced vertical lines incised above line to neck.

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