Object Details
- Description
- Rattle with pierced top and a cleft base; pellet sounder inside.
- Clay: dense, reddish.
- Glaze: olive brown.
- Decoration: in brown glaze.
- Contains stickers.
- Marks
- Contains dealer stickers
- Provenance
- To 1916
- Li Wenqing (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1916 [1]
- From 1916 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Li Wenqing, in New York, in 1916 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2449, 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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 960-1127
- Period
- Northern Song dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1916.597
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Musical Instrument
- Medium
- Stoneware with white slip and iron glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6.1 x 5.6 cm (2 3/8 x 2 3/16 in)
- Style
- Cizhou ware
- Origin
- China
- Related Online Resources
- 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
- Cizhou ware
- Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)
- China
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1916.597
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3225426b6-7d57-4e9f-ba6c-e0d3133eac46
