- Provenance
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To 1917
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [1]From 1917 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2525, Freer Galley 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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Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Yamanaka and Co. (C.L. Freer source) 1917-1965
- Description
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Bottle of large ovoid shape with small flanged neck.
Clay: hard buff stoneware
Glaze: thick, glossy black; variations normal to iron content.
Decoration: peony patterns painted in brown.
- Published References
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- Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 69.
- Bernard Leach. A Potter's Portfolio: A Selection of Fine Pots. New York. pl. 21.
- Encyclopedia Britannica: The new 14th edition. New York. pl. 31.
- Dr. John Alexander Pope, Thomas Lawton, Harold P. Stern. The Freer Gallery of Art. 2 vols., Washington and Tokyo, 1971-1972. cat. 95, vol. 1: p. 175.
- Sherman Lee. The Freer's Studies in Connoisseurship (Review): Museum News. vol. 44, no. 1 New York, Spring 1984. p. 65.
- Masterpieces of Chinese and Japanese Art: Freer Gallery of Art handbook. Washington, 1976. p. 67.
- Edmund de Waal. Bernard Leach. London. p. 73.
- Bernard Leach. The Potter's Challenge. New York. pp. 84-85.
- , Laurence Binyon, Osvald Siren. The Romance of Chinese Art. Garden City. pp. 118-119.
- Thomas Lawton. China's Artistic Legacy. vol. 118, no. 258 London, August 1983. p. 134.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
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