- Provenance
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To 1909
Chi Pao Chai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]From 1909 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Chi Pao Chai in 1909 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2036, 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)
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Chi Pao Chai (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
- Description
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Bulb-bowl: low circular, on three cloud-scroll feet; two rows of studs on the exterior. Incised numeral jiu (nine) and spur-marks on the base. Wood stand.
Clay: hard, dense, grayish-white.
Glaze: inside: lavender to blue dappled with gray; outside: blue to rose-purple, dappled with light gray; olive on salient parts and base.
"Earth-worm markings"
- Published References
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- Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 53.
- Dongqing Fan. Song Dynasty Yaozhou and Jun Wares in the Freer Gallery of Art. vol. 42, no. 3. pp. 24-29, figs. 8-9.
- Rose Kerr. Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World. Hong Kong, China, August 13, 2021. p. 249, fig. 165.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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