Water pot of lotus-bud form

Vase of globular shape with small mouth and low foot.
Clay: buff with sandy texture, fired hard.
Glaze: gray blue with fine crackle; glazed under base, leaving ground footrim bare; traces of brown dressing on footrim.

Historical period(s)
Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century
Medium
Stoneware with Jun glaze and iron wash
Style
Jun ware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 6.3 × 8.3 cm (2 1/2 × 3 1/4 in)
Geography
China, Henan province, Baofeng kiln
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1904.26
On View Location
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Water pot

Keywords
China, Jin dynasty (1115 - 1234), Jun ware, stoneware
Provenance

Goodridge Collection [1]

From 1904 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at auction, the Goodridge Collection, American Art Association, New York March 1904 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Voucher No. 32, March 1904, L. 1282, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also see Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

[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)

Goodridge Collection
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
American Art Association (C.L. Freer source) established 1883

Description

Vase of globular shape with small mouth and low foot.
Clay: buff with sandy texture, fired hard.
Glaze: gray blue with fine crackle; glazed under base, leaving ground footrim bare; traces of brown dressing on footrim.

Published References
  • Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 51.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
The Story of the Beautiful
Google Cultural Institute
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