Bowl with molded and incised decoration

Bowl: low basin-form; wide fluted rim with festooned edge; heavy foot; brown unglazed ring on base.
Clay: very hard, dense, heavily molded.
Glaze: luminous bluish-green celadon; area of incipient disintegration.
Decoration: incised and modelled in paste.

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Historical period(s)
Ming dynasty, late 14th-mid 15th century
Medium
Stoneware with celadon glaze
Style
Longquan ware
Dimensions
H x W: 9.2 x 29.3 cm (3 5/8 x 11 9/16 in)
Geography
China, Zhejiang province, Longquan
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1919.105
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bowl

Keywords
China, green glaze, Longquan ware, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), stoneware
Provenance

To 1919
You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [1]

1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in 1919 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2630, 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)

Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
You Xiaoxi (C.L. Freer source) late 19th-early 20th century

Description

Bowl: low basin-form; wide fluted rim with festooned edge; heavy foot; brown unglazed ring on base.
Clay: very hard, dense, heavily molded.
Glaze: luminous bluish-green celadon; area of incipient disintegration.
Decoration: incised and modelled in paste.

Published References
  • Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 79.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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