Yaozhou ware bowl with molded decoration

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Historical period(s)
Northern Song dynasty, 11th-early 12th century
Medium
Stoneware with underfired celadon glaze
Style
Yaozhou ware
Dimensions
H x W: 8.7 x 20.5 cm (3 7/16 x 8 1/16 in)
Geography
China, Shaanxi province
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1910.20a-b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bowl

Keywords
China, Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127), Song dynasty (960 - 1279), stoneware, Yaozhou ware
Provenance

To 1910
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1910 [1]

From 1910 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1910 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 2042, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[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)

Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Yamanaka and Co. (C.L. Freer source)

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

Copyright with museum

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