Bottle

Globular bottle type; small, short ridged neck. Two holes in the side.
Clay: Light buff stoneware.
Glaze: dark blackish brown, iron type; base glazed, foot-rim bare.
Decoration: painted in the glaze in iron oxide (rust-brown); four loose flowers in simple strokes around upper half of body.

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Historical period(s)
Jin dynasty, 13th century
Medium
Stoneware with iron-oxide decoration painted on iron glaze
Style
Cizhou ware
Dimensions
H x W: 23.4 x 21.2 cm (9 3/16 x 8 3/8 in)
Geography
China
Credit Line
Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1968.16
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bottle

Keywords
China, Cizhou ware, flower, Jin dynasty (1115 - 1234), stoneware
Provenance

From at least 1967 to 1968
Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC and Mt. Kisco, NY, from at least July 24, 1967 [1]

From 1968
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Agnes E. Meyer in 1968 [2]

Notes:

[1] The object is included in Agnes E. Meyer’s Deed of Gift, listed as no. 26 in the document’s Annex, dated July 24, 1967, copy in object file.

[2] See Agnes E. Meyer’s Deed of Gift, cited in note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer (1875-1959) and (1887-1970)

Description

Globular bottle type; small, short ridged neck. Two holes in the side.
Clay: Light buff stoneware.
Glaze: dark blackish brown, iron type; base glazed, foot-rim bare.
Decoration: painted in the glaze in iron oxide (rust-brown); four loose flowers in simple strokes around upper half of body.

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