Dish with notched rim

Dish, small saucer-shaped, with flaring notched rim. Ring of spur-marks in base. Cracked and repaired. Monochrome.
Clay: hard, dense, resonant.
Glaze: brilliant dark gray; black crackle.

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Historical period(s)
Qing dynasty, 18th century
Medium
Stoneware with Guan-style glaze
Style
Guan style ware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 3 Ɨ 13.4 cm (1 3/16 Ɨ 5 1/4 in)
Geography
China
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1898.38
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
China, Guan ware, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Provenance

To 1897
Charles A. Dana (1819-1897), New York to 1897 [1]

From 1898 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at auction, the Dana Collection Sale, American Art Galleries, New York February 24, 1898 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 307, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1. For exact date of purchase see Curatorial Remark 3, C.L. Freer. This piece appears to have been object no. 2 in the Dana Collection sale catalogue (according to Curatorial Remark 11, Louise Cort, July 18, 2005, in the object record).

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Charles A. Dana 1819-1897
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Description

Dish, small saucer-shaped, with flaring notched rim. Ring of spur-marks in base. Cracked and repaired. Monochrome.
Clay: hard, dense, resonant.
Glaze: brilliant dark gray; black crackle.

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