Ceremonial vessel with cover (kuang)

Object Details

• Description

  Ceremonial vessel, type "kung" with cover.

  Surface: dark brown patina with small areas of green incrustation.

  Decoration: engraved and in relief, with areas of gold and of silver inlay. Inscriptions inside of bowl and cover.

• Provenance

  To 1912

  Nan Ming Yuan, Tientsin, China, to 1912 [1]

  From 1912 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Nan Ming Yuan in 1912 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 367, 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

  Nan Ming Yuan (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Yuan, Nan Ming, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Chinese Art

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)