Yixing ware teapot with false mark of Gong Chun

Teapot with cover.
Body: dark reddish brown clay, fired hard.
Glaze: none.
Decoration: plum branches with blossoms, bamboo leaves and wasps in relief on upper half of pot and on cover.
Inscription of two characters incised in clay on base: Gong Chun.

Maker(s)
Artist: False seal of Gong Chun (active ca. 1506-1521)
Historical period(s)
Qing dynasty, 19th century
Medium
Unglazed stoneware
Style
Yixing ware
Dimensions
H x W: 5.7 x 17.1 cm (2 1/4 x 6 3/4 in)
Geography
China, Jiangsu province, Yixing
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1939.61a-b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Teapot

Keywords
China, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), stoneware, tea, Yixing ware
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Teapot with cover.
Body: dark reddish brown clay, fired hard.
Glaze: none.
Decoration: plum branches with blossoms, bamboo leaves and wasps in relief on upper half of pot and on cover.
Inscription of two characters incised in clay on base: Gong Chun.

Marking(s)

Inscription of two characters incised in clay on base: Gong Chun.

Published References
  • Pang Yuanji. Hsu chai ming tao tu lu (Xuzhai ming tao tu lu) [Catalogue of Chinese Pottery in the Collection of Pang Yuan-chi]. 2 vols. Taipei. vol. 1: p. 3.
  • Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 117.
  • Grace Dunham Guest. Chinese Porcelain at the Freer Gallery of Art. vol. 20, no. 1 Columbus, Ohio, January 1941. p. 24, fig. 6.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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