Brush pot

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1978

  Private collection, Washington, DC, to 1978

  From 1978

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by a private collector in 1978 [1]

  Notes:

  [1] The object was transferred from Freer Study Collection to Freer Permanent Collection on March 3, 1978 (see Curatorial Note 4 in the object record).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Ch'ing Dynasty Calligraphy and Painting (August 30, 1985 to January 26, 1986)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Anonymous gift

• Type

  Container

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1900s

• Name

  Pope, John Alexander

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Tea, Landscapes, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Writing

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Containers