Object: Shiwan ware vase in form of cong F1907.44

Provenance: To 1907
Unidentified owner, China, to 1907 [1]

From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in China from an unidentified owner in 1907 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1496, 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.

Description: Flower-vase: square, "earth form," on bold basal ring.
Clay: dense, white.
Glaze: brilliant deep-cream, slightly iridescent; double crackle.
Decoration: narrow bands in relief.

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Shiwan ware vase in form of cong