Bottle

Vase: ovoidal, with slender trumpet neck; strong basal ring. Neck broken near half-way point and repaired.
Clay: hard, buff, low-fired, dense, cream-white.
Glaze: white slip covered by transparent glaze, with local areas colored green, yellow and cream-color; the surface now largely iridescent. Earth adhesions. Green glaze on base.
Decoration: lotus design deeply incised in outline.

Historical period(s)
probably Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century
Medium
Stoneware with lead-silicate glazes
Style
Cizhou ware
Dimensions
H x W: 25.2 x 13.6 cm (9 15/16 x 5 3/8 in)
Geography
China, Henan province, Jiaozuo, Dangyangyu kilns
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1934.22
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bottle

Keywords
China, Cizhou ware, earthenware, Jin dynasty (1115 - 1234), Liao dynasty (907 - 1125), lotus, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Provenance

To 1934
Tonying and Company, New York. [1]

From 1934
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and Company, New York. [2]

Notes:

[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Tonying and Company established 1902

Description

Vase: ovoidal, with slender trumpet neck; strong basal ring. Neck broken near half-way point and repaired.
Clay: hard, buff, low-fired, dense, cream-white.
Glaze: white slip covered by transparent glaze, with local areas colored green, yellow and cream-color; the surface now largely iridescent. Earth adhesions. Green glaze on base.
Decoration: lotus design deeply incised in outline.

Published References
  • Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 31.
  • Untitled Article. Washington, July 21, 1935. p. 5.
  • Grace Dunham Guest, Archibald Gibson Wenley. Annotated Outlines of the History of Chinese Arts. Washington, 1949. p. 8.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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