Box with lid (lian)

Object Details

• Description

  Covered box of the type "lien," to hold toilet articles.

  Wooden stand. Fire-gilt surface, much corroded.

  Lightly incised decoration on the cover. Remains of painted decoration, inside, on cover and bottom, outside, on bottom.

• Provenance

  To 1923

  Tonying and Company, New York, to 1923 [1]

  From 1923

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and Company, New York, in 1923

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. For additional information, see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)

  Chinese Jades and Bronze, East Corridor (November 19, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  BCE 0s, 100s

• Name

  Tonying and Company

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Bronze, Art, Sculpture, Chinese Art, Metal-work, Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)