Cizhou ware Jar

Jar: mammoth, inverted pear-shaped; heavy rolled rim; flat foot
Clay: hard, gray, heavily potted.
Glaze: transparent over white slip and exposed biscuit; russet and gray stains.
Decoration: engraved in slip in relief under glaze.

Historical period(s)
Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368
Medium
Stoneware with colorless glaze over white slip with incised decoration
Style
Cizhou ware
Dimensions
H x W: 48.7 x 49.6 cm (19 3/16 x 19 1/2 in)
Geography
China, Shaanxi province
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1917.328
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Jar

Keywords
China, Cizhou ware, stoneware, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Provenance

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

Notes:

[1] According to Charles Lang Freer's undated note, Yamanaka and Company purchased the jar in 1917 in Peking.

[2] Undated folder sheet note. See also Original Pottery List, L. 2567, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[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
Yamanaka and Co. (C.L. Freer source) 1917-1965

Description

Jar: mammoth, inverted pear-shaped; heavy rolled rim; flat foot
Clay: hard, gray, heavily potted.
Glaze: transparent over white slip and exposed biscuit; russet and gray stains.
Decoration: engraved in slip in relief under glaze.

Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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