Yue ware bowl

Object Details

• Provenance

  From 1946-48 to ?

  James Cahill (1926-2014), Washington DC [1]

  From at least 1961

  Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Levine [2]

  From ? to 1991

  Lesley R. Levine, by inheritance from her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Levine [3]

  From 1991

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Lesley R. Levine [4]

  Notes:

  [1] According to Louise Cort’s remarks from Feb 7, 1997: “I wrote to Dr. Cahill about the bowl. In a letter of 23 January 1993, he recalled that he gave it to someone to sell for him.

  He had acquired the bowl during his two years in the Occupation in Seoul, Korea (1946 - 48)...” See Curatorial Remark 5 in the object record.

  [2] Curatorial Remark 1 and 5 in the object record.

  [3] Curatorial Remark 5 in the object record.

  [4] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  James Cahill (1926-2014)

  Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Levine

  Lesley R. Levine

• Origin

  Zhejiang province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Lesley R. Levine in memory of Howard D. Levine and Norma G. Levine

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  900s, 800s

• Name

  Levine, Lesley R., Levine, Howard D., Cahill, James

• Place

  China, Zhejiang province

• Topic

  Yue ware, Art, Five Dynasties period (907 - 960), Green glaze, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Tang dynasty (618 - 907), Ceramics

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)