Bowl with molded decoration
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Object Details
- Description
- Bowl: spreading ovoidal; thin basal ring; copper rim.
- Clay: very thin, with translucent areas; grayish-white; sonant. Translucent white porcelain.
- Glaze: transparent, colorless.
- Decoration: molded in paste, under glaze. On interior: band of four phoenixes in clouds, six-petalled flowerhead in center bottom.
- Provenance
- ?-1929
- Yamanaka and Co., New York, method of acquisition unknown [1]
- From 1929
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Co., New York [2]
- Notes:
- [1] See Yamanaka and Co., New York invoice to Freer Gallery of Art, June 30, 1929, and marked approved on August 3, 1929, by J. E. Lodge, copy in object file.
- [2] See note 1.
- Research updated April 18, 2023
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Vietnam's Ceramics: Depth and Diversity (July 11, 2015 - July 10, 2016)
- Vietnamese Ceramics from the Red River Delta (July 10, 2005 to November 15, 2009)
- Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
- Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
- Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- 15th century
- Period
- Later Le dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1929.82
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Porcelain with clear, slightly grayish glaze; metal rim
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5.3 x 10.4 cm (2 1/16 x 4 1/8 in)
- Origin
- Hanoi or Red River Delta kilns, Hai Duong province, Vietnam
- Related Online Resources
- Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
- F|S Southeast Asia
- 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
- crane
- phoenix
- cloud
- Vietnam
- Later Le dynasty (1428 - 1527)
- porcelain
- clear glaze
- Southeast Asian Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1929.82
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e1d0c82b-1911-40a2-954f-b17fd5267dba
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