Jar

Jar: tall ellipsoidal; short cylindrical neck and rounded lip.
Clay: hard, dense, gray stone-ware, medium-brown where exposed.
Glaze: dark lustrous gray, with over-flowing splash of mingled blue, green, gray and white; pitted. Iron glaze with application of high-silica glaze to neck and shoulder (or ash deposited during firing?)

Historical period(s)
Qing dynasty, mid 17th-19th century
Medium
Stoneware with iron glaze, splashed with high silica ash
Style
Yixing ware
Dimensions
H x W: 44.4 x 22.8 cm (17 1/2 x 9 in)
Geography
China, Jiangsu province, Yixing
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1915.72
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Jar

Keywords
China, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), stoneware, Yixing ware
Provenance

To 1915
John Fenning, New York, to 1915 [1]

From 1915 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from John Fenning in 1915 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2430, 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)

John Fenning (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Description

Jar: tall ellipsoidal; short cylindrical neck and rounded lip.
Clay: hard, dense, gray stone-ware, medium-brown where exposed.
Glaze: dark lustrous gray, with over-flowing splash of mingled blue, green, gray and white; pitted. Iron glaze with application of high-silica glaze to neck and shoulder (or ash deposited during firing?)

Published References
  • Sigisbert Chrétien Bosch Reitz. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Early Chinese Pottery and Sculpture. Exh. cat. New York. fig. 216.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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