Artist's water cup in the form of a lotus seedpod, supported on a peach, chestnut, and acorn
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Object Details
- Artist
- False seal of Chen Mingyuan (active late 17th-early 18th century)
- Description
- Artist's water cup, modelled as half of a lotus pod; three attached objects (peach, chestnut and acorn) forming the supports. Two seals and inscription. Wood stand.
- Clay: fine, dense.
- Glaze: thin brownish slip; peach, glazed in yellow and red.
- Decoration: (noted above) modelled in full relief.
- Inscriptions
- 仙家風味好花果
- 仙家風味好花果
- Provenance
- To 1916
- Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1916 [1]
- From 1916 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Pang Yuanji in 1916 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2502, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [2] See note 1. For further details regarding this gift, see Provenance Remark 1 in the object record, as well as the object record for
- F1916.578a-b, Curatorial Remark 11, Louise Cort, June 9, 2010.
- [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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864-1949) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- late 19th-early 20th century
- Period
- Qing dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1916.577a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Unglazed stoneware
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7.1 x 11 cm (2 13/16 x 4 5/16 in)
- Style
- Yixing ware
- Origin
- Yixing, Jiangsu province, 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
- Yixing ware
- water
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- lotus
- China
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1916.577a-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c063b0ba-3d69-4f85-8950-f521e1ca621b
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