Chayang ware tea bowl in style of Jian ware

Tea bowl, Temmoku shape, inverted bell form; slightly concave, straight sided foot; slight nipple inside center. Two small brown repairs inside rim.
Clay: stoneware, apparently grayish beneath brown surface.
Glaze: Black, streaked with brown, stopping irregularly short of foot. A thin brown layer appears at this edge, running a little further down. Oily iridescence. Temmoku type iron glaze.

Historical period(s)
Southern Song or Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century
Medium
Stoneware with two layers of iron glaze; metal rim
Style
Chayang ware
Dimensions
H x W: 7.2 x 12.4 cm (2 13/16 x 4 7/8 in)
Geography
China, Fujian province, Nanping, Chayang kiln
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1911.372
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Tea bowl (haikatsugi tenmoku)

Keywords
China, iridescence, Jian ware, Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279), stoneware, tea, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Provenance

To 1911
Kita Toranosuke, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]

From 1911 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kita Toranosuke in 1911 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2159, 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)

Kita Toranosuke (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Description

Tea bowl, Temmoku shape, inverted bell form; slightly concave, straight sided foot; slight nipple inside center. Two small brown repairs inside rim.
Clay: stoneware, apparently grayish beneath brown surface.
Glaze: Black, streaked with brown, stopping irregularly short of foot. A thin brown layer appears at this edge, running a little further down. Oily iridescence. Temmoku type iron glaze.

Published References
  • Louise Allison Cort. Early Modern Merchants as Collectors. Abingdon, Oxon England, 12/19/2016. p. 55, fig. 3.4.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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