- Provenance
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About 1968 to 1986
Dorothy M. Slak, Sarasota, Florida, acquired in Jakarta about 1968 [1]From 1986
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Dorothy M. Slak in 1986Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Note 7 in object record.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Ms. Dorothy M. Slak
- Description
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Small jar, with short slightly tapering neck, globular body and unglazed slightly concave base.
Clay: porcelain.
Glaze: translucent and grayish; large random crackle; spills on to foot.
Decoration: in underglaze cobalt: single line around neck; overlapping petals around shoulder; double line; two shaped panels, each framing a single blossom with foliage, against a ground of "fish-scale" scallops; single line above base.
Mark: none.
- Published References
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- Louise Allison Cort, George Williams, David P. Rehfuss. Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia. Washington. .
- Barbara V. Harrisson. Swatow in Het Princessehof: The Analysis of a Museum Collection of Chinese Trade Wares from Indonesia. Leeuwarden. .
- Kamer Aga-Oglu. Shadows of the Dragon. Columbus, Ohio. .
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
- Google Cultural Institute
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