Covered box in the form of a six petalled flower with birds and floral scrolls

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1974

  Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Washington, DC, to 1974

  From 1974

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of the Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott in 1974 [1]

  Notes:

  [1] The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection to the Freer Permanent Collection December 6, 1978 (see Curatorial Note 4 in the object record).

• 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)

  A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980 (November 9, 1979 to May 22, 1980)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott

• Origin

  Probably Xi’an, Shaanxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of the Honorable and Mrs. Hugh Scott

• Type

  Container

• On View

  Freer Gallery 16: Center of the World: China and the Silk Road

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  700s

• Name

  Scott, Hugh

• Place

  Shaanxi province, Xi’an, China

• Topic

  Gilding, Repoussé, Hammering, Art, Animals, Punching, Chinese Art, Birds, Tang dynasty (618 - 907), Flowers, Chasing, Metal-work

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Containers

• On View

  Yes