Bowl with painted designs
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Period
206 BCE-220 CE -
Geography
China -
Material
Bronze with pigment -
Dimension
H x W: 8.5 x 16.3 cm (3 3/8 x 6 7/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1916.239 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1916.239
Object Details
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Description
Top component of a steamer of the type "hsien" [Chn]. Bottom pierced in narrow slits.Surface: dark green and reddish patina, incrusted with green aerugo and brownish earth.Decoration: painted in red and white. -
Provenance
To 1916Lai-Yuan and Company, New York, to 1916 [1]From 1916 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company in 1916 [2]From 1920The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 911, 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
Art and Industry: China’s Houma Foundry (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984) -
Previous custodian or owner
Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
China -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
On View
Freer Gallery 18: Art and Industry: China's Ancient Houma Foundry -
Restrictions and Rights
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