Object Details
Description
Figure seated on a recumbent elephant; rectangular base with cut corners.
Body: hard, gray stoneware.
Glaze: opaque bluish gray with brown showing through where thin; entire base glazed.
Provenance
To 1909
Mah Zuh Kee, Shanghai, to 1909 [1]
From 1909 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mah Zuh Kee in 1909 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2048, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession File, Collections Management office.
[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
Mah Zuh Kee (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
17th-19th century
Period
Qing dynasty
Accession Number
F1909.312
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Stoneware with Jun-style glaze
Dimensions
H x W: 13.6 x 12.7 cm (5 3/8 x 5 in)
Style
Shiwan (Shekwan) ware
Origin
Shiwan (Shekwan) kilns, Foshan, Guangdong province, China
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
Buddhism
Guangdong ware
elephant
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Samantabhadra
China
stoneware
Chinese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
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Record ID
fsg_F1909.312