Box with floral scrolls

Object Details

• Provenance

  From at least 1931 to 1934

  C. T. Loo & Company, New York, from at least November 23, 1931 [1]

  From 1934

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York, on June 11, 1934 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See "List of objects belonging to C. T. Loo, New York … on approval at the Freer Gallery of Art," dated November 23, 1931, copy in object file. An annotation on the list states that the box was returned to C. T. Loo on December 28, 1931. On December 23, 1933, it was offered again for sale by Loo and was brought to the Freer Gallery for examination. See "List of objects owned by C. T. Loo and [left by him] at the Gallery for examination on December 23, 1933," copy in object file.

  [2] See C. T. Loo's invoice, dated June 11, 1934, copy in object file.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)

  Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 1982)

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)

  Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)

  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)

  Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)

• Previous custodian or owner

  C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Container

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• Date

  900s, 600s

• Name

  C.T. Loo & Company

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Gilding, Bronze, Art, Sculpture, Chinese Art, Tang dynasty (618 - 907), Flowers, Metal-work

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Containers