- Provenance
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To 1916
Tonying and Company, New York to 1916 [1]From 1916 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tonying and Company, New York in 1916 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2475, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. By at least 1917, Tonying and Company maintained business locations in Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, London, and New York, NY.
[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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Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Tonying and Company (C.L. Freer source) established 1902
- Description
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Bulb bowl: large, deep; on three cloud-scroll feet. Two rows of studs. Incised numeral ier (two) inside of foot. Spur marks on base.
Clay: hard, gray.
Glaze: inside: olive, lavender and misty blue, splashed with mingled red, brown and green; outside: gray, green, olive, lilac, purple, blue and red. "Earth-worm markings".
Wooden stand (b).
- Published References
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- Dongqing Fan. Song Dynasty Yaozhou and Jun Wares in the Freer Gallery of Art. vol. 42, no. 3. pp. 24-29, figs. 14-15.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
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