- Provenance
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To 1974
Louis S. Rothchild, Washington, DC [1]From 1974
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Louis S. Rothchild, Washington, DC [2]Notes:
[1] Object file, folder sheet note dated May 17, 1996. Also see Curatorial Remark 5 in the object record.
[2] The object was transferred from the Study Collection to the Permanent Collection. See note 1.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Louis S. Rothchild
- Description
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Dish: wide base, curved flaring sides, heavily potted, slightly rolled rim, rounded foot-rim, base cut with center depression, rim chip, foot-rim chipped for several inches.
Clay: very pale gray celadon porcelain with brick-red surface oxidation where exposed in firing.
Glaze: celadon of slightly olive cast, surface abraded from use on inside, less so on outside, foot-rim originally glazed has been worn and/or ground down. Red unglazed ring where supported in kiln with center spots of glaze.
Decoration: carved in paste. Inside: center, lattice-like interlocking lozenges in a diamond pattern (reminiscnet of the "cash" pattern) with a quatrefoil frame. In cavetto is a lotus and chrysanthemum scroll, and outside a foliate scroll based on the single chrysanthemum.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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