Guan ware five-lobed dish

Saucer: small, five-foiled, with extended rim (a); b: wooden stand.
Clay: hard, fine.
Glaze: lustrous warm gray crackled in brown.
Gift from Lee Van Ching, Shanghai.

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Historical period(s)
Southern Song dynasty or later, 12th century, or later
Medium
Stoneware with Guan glaze
Style
Guan ware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 1.6 Ɨ 10.8 cm (5/8 Ɨ 4 1/4 in)
Geography
China, Zhejiang province, Hangzhou
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1916.578
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
China, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279), stoneware
Provenance

To 1916
Li Wenqing (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1916 [1]

From 1916 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Li Wenqing, in 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. 2508, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1. For further details regarding this gift, see Curatorial Remark 11, Louise Cort, June 9, 2010, in the object record.

[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
Li Wenqing (C.L. Freer source) ca. 1869-1931

Description

Saucer: small, five-foiled, with extended rim (a); b: wooden stand.
Clay: hard, fine.
Glaze: lustrous warm gray crackled in brown.
Gift from Lee Van Ching, Shanghai.

Published References
  • Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 43.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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