Covered box

Object Details

• Description

  Cylindrical, flat base slightly rounded upward at edge, six Horizontal ribs around sides, shallow rounded cover with five concentric grooves has knob terminating in cone. Chips. Wooden stand (c).

  Clay: light pinkish buff,fine-textured earthenware, typical of T'ang.

  Glaze: thick, green deteriorated, some inridescence. Inside of cover and base of box unglazed.

  Decoration: grooves and ribs as described.

• Provenance

  To 1979

  J. D. Hatch, Lenox, MA, to 1979

  From 1979

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by J.D. Hatch in 1979

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (November 4, 2006 to January 7, 2008)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mr. J.D. Hatch

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of J.D. Hatch in memory of William R.B. Acker

• Type

  Container

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  700s

• Name

  Hatch, J.D.

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Chinese Art, Pottery, Tang dynasty (618 - 907), Ceramics

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Containers