Jar
date: label: Date
content: 6th century
label: Period
content: Northern Qi or Northern Zhou dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Jar: Ovoid, with trumpet mouth; eight eyelets.
label: Description
content: Clay: terra cotta.
label: Description
content: Glaze: green, with large areas of silvery iridescence.
label: Description
content: Decoration: in applied relief. See folder.
label: Provenance
content: To 1930
label: Provenance
content: C. T. Loo & Company, New York to 1930 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1930
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in 1930 [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese and Korean Ceramics (July 11, 1986 to March 13, 1987)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
label: Exhibition History
content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: C. T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: iridescence
label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
label: Topic
content: Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: earthenware
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1930.32
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 59.8 x 46 cm (23 9/16 x 18 1/8 in)