Stemmed wine cup with floral scrolls
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Period
8th century -
Geography
China -
Material
Cast silver with chased and ring-punched decoration -
Dimension
H x Diam: 4.3 x 6.6 cm (1 11/16 x 2 5/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1929.16 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1929.16
Object Details
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Description
Cup, Silver.Surfaces somewhat blackened and with traces of earthy adhesions. Decoration engraved. -
Provenance
1929Yamanaka and Company, Boston 1929 [1]From 1929Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, Boston in 1929 [2]Notes:[1] Object file, undated folder sheet. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.[2] See note 1. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Center of the World: China and the Silk Road (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)Silk Road Exhibition (August 18 to December 25, 2011)Silk Road Luxuries from China (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007)Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Metalwork, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to March 23, 1944)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933) -
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) -
Origin
China -
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment -
Type
Vessel -
On View
Freer Gallery 16: Center of the World: China and the Silk Road -
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