Dish

Dish, low saucer-shaped; thick basal ring.
Clay: dense, rather soft, gray.
Glaze: clear glaze; cream-colored slip under glaze; irregularly crackled and discolored, some chips missing from interior in area showing gritty remains of spurs.
Decoration: painted in brown and yellow slips under glaze on interior – floral spray.

Historical period(s)
Ming dynasty, late 16th-early 17th century
Medium
Stoneware with brown and white slips and iron pigment under clear glaze
Style
Cizhou-type ware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 3.9 × 15.9 cm (1 9/16 × 6 1/4 in)
Geography
China, Hebei province, Pengcheng (modern Handan)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1907.80
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
brown slip, China, Cizhou ware, flower, iron pigment, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), stoneware, white slip
Provenance

To 1907
Unidentified owner, Japan, to 1907 [1]

From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Japan from an unidentified owner in 1907 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1557, 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

Description

Dish, low saucer-shaped; thick basal ring.
Clay: dense, rather soft, gray.
Glaze: clear glaze; cream-colored slip under glaze; irregularly crackled and discolored, some chips missing from interior in area showing gritty remains of spurs.
Decoration: painted in brown and yellow slips under glaze on interior - floral spray.

Published References
  • Yuko Suzuki. Egorai - An Examination of Excavated Examples. vol. 5. pp. 50-77, fig. 8.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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