Bottle

Vase: bottle-shaped with ovoid body, tall slender neck with flaring lip, low spreading foot, flat bottom; three elongated spur marks on base.
Clay: fine, light buff pottery.
Glaze: transparent; streaks of runny amber, green and yellow, minutely crazed and iridescent in parts.
Decoration: none except glaze.

Historical period(s)
Tang dynasty, first half eighth century
Medium
White earthenware with lead glaze
Dimensions
H x W: 25.7 x 11.5 cm (10 1/8 x 4 1/2 in)
Geography
China
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1973.1
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bottle

Keywords
China, earthenware, iridescence, lead glaze, Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Vase: bottle-shaped with ovoid body, tall slender neck with flaring lip, low spreading foot, flat bottom; three elongated spur marks on base.
Clay: fine, light buff pottery.
Glaze: transparent; streaks of runny amber, green and yellow, minutely crazed and iridescent in parts.
Decoration: none except glaze.

Published References
  • Mizuno Seiichi. To Sansai. vol. 25, Tokyo. pl. 13.
  • Chang Wanli. Tang san cai you tao [Three-Colour Glaze Pottery of the T'ang Dynasty]. 3 vols., Hong Kong. vol. 2: pl. 72.
  • William Watson. Tang and Liao Ceramics. New York, 1984. fig. 65.
  • Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 13.
  • Julia Murray. A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980. Exh. cat. Washington, 1979. cat. 19, p. 29.
  • Masterpieces of Chinese and Japanese Art: Freer Gallery of Art handbook. Washington, 1976. p. 64.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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