Tomb jar with figures of musicians

Object Details

• Description

  Sepulchral vase: ovoidal. Wood stand.

  Clay: hard, grayish stoneware.

  Glaze: black, mottled with brown; earth deposits.

  Decoration: two rows of figures of musicians and mourners, a coffin and a table of offerings, in high relief.

• Provenance

  To 1916

  Li Wenqing (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1916 [1]

  From 1916 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from 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. 2476, 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

• Exhibition History

  Early Chinese Pottery and Scultpure, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916 (March 6 to October 15, 1916)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  possibly Guangdong province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1100s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Li, Wenqing

• Place

  China, Guangdong province

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Song dynasty (960 - 1279), Stoneware, Chinese Art, Music, Funerary, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Ceramics, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)