Bowl with design of mynahs
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Object Details
- Description
- Polychrome--Ku-yueh Hsuan type.
- Bowl: small with steep sides and low foot. Carved wood stand.
- Body: fine grained white porcelain.
- Glaze: transparent, glossy.
- Decoration: in overglaze enamel colors; five mynahs on branches with autumn leaves; inscription of 10 characters and two simulated seals; four character mark of the Yung-Cheng period in dark gray blue enamel on base.
- Marks
- Inscription of 10 characters and two simulated seals; four character mark of the Yung-Cheng period in dark gray blue enamel on base.
- Provenance
- To 1930
- C. T. Loo & Company, New York to 1930 [1]
- From 1930
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in 1930 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Beyond Paper: Chinese Calligraphy on Objects (August 18, 1994 to July 3, 1997)
- Chinese Bird and Flower Painting (January 27, 1986 to June 30, 1986)
- Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)
- Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
- Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)
- Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)
- Untitled Exhibition, East Asian Ceramics and Paintings, East Corridor (January 8, 1947 to ---)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics and Paintings (November 14, 1944 to May 3, 1946)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
- Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)
- Previous custodian or owner
- C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- 1723-1735
- Period
- Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign mark and period
- Accession Number
- F1930.35a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Porcelain with enamels over clear, colorless glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4.6 x 8.1 cm (1 13/16 x 3 3/16 in)
- Style
- Jingdezhen ware
- Origin
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
- On View
- Freer Gallery 13: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- autumn
- Jingdezhen ware
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- China
- porcelain
- Chinese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1930.35a-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye311eec7e6-730a-4e97-adc3-355f41efd71f
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