Green-glazed hu-shaped jar
date: label: Date
content: 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE
label: Period
content: Western Han dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Jar (hu): ovoidal, with trumpet-shaped mouth; two open handles; recessed foot. Cf. F1910.15.
label: Description
content: Clay: hard, gray stoneware. Reddish-brown on surface.
label: Description
content: Glaze: lustrous olive, lightly craced on shoulder and inside neck.
label: Description
content: Decoration: corrugated encircling lines, and linear designs incised in paste.
label: Description
content: Cf. F1910.15.
label: Label
content: Shaped after the Chinese bronze vessel called a hu, this jar bears glaze only inside its neck and on its shoulder. The glaze may be a combination of applied and natural glazes. A natural decorative effect was produced where the glaze gathered on the raised bowstring patterns. Incised stylized bird motifs complete the decor. Although jars of this type are found in tombs, they also may have been used in everyday life for storage.
label: Provenance
content: To 1909
label: Provenance
content: Ta Ge Chung, Beijing, to 1909 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1909 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Chung, Beijing, in 1909 [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] See Original Pottery List, L. 2014, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
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: Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Ta Ge Chung (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Zhejiang Province, China
topic: label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Zhejiang green-glazed ware
label: Topic
content: Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: stoneware
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: F1909.299
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stoneware with applied and accidental wood-ash glazes
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 27.7 x 20.7 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/8 in)
label: Style
content: Zhejiang green-glazed ware