Bowl stand (for tea bowl F1911.355)
date: label: Date
content: 16th to early 18th century
label: Period
content: Mid-Ming to early Qing dynasty
notes: label: Label
content: This tea bowl entered the Freer Gallery collection accompanied by this stand. The understated coloration of this type of imitation Jian-ware bowl gained favor in the Japanese tea ceremony. In Japan, bowls on stands were used to serve tea to guests of high status.
label: Provenance
content: To 1911
label: Provenance
content: Shinsuke Hayashi, Tokyo, to 1911 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1911 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Shinsuke Hayashi in 1911 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 2141, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Purchased as part of F1911.355; Curatorial Remarks for F1911.355.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Black and White: Chinese Ceramics from the 10th-14th Centuries (December 18, 2004 to November 7, 2010)
label: Exhibition History
content: The Idea of China in Japan: The Tea Ceremony in Japan (December 19, 1999 to June 11, 2000)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese and Chinese Lacquer (September 22, 1982 to June 30, 1983)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese and Japanese Art--Lacquer and Paintings (August 18, 1967 to October 14, 1969)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Shinsuke Hayashi 林新助 (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: inlay (process)
label: Topic
content: lacquer
label: Topic
content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
label: Topic
content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1911.634
objectType: label: Type
content: Furniture and Furnishing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black lacquer on wood core with mother of pearl inlay
label: Dimensions
content: H x Diam: 7 x 16.2 cm (2 3/4 x 6 3/8 in)