Tripod bowl with wooden stand

Object Details

• Description

  Basin shaped tripod, with shallow body slightly everted, with a broad flanged lip rim, flat base and resting on three arabesque shaped short legs. The sides of the basin are fluted.

  With a hardwood stand, carved in the design of three crossed and reribboned ruyi (wish-granting) scepters.

• Inscriptions

  Underside bears an unglazed impressed imperial six-character Qianlong mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong Nian Zhi" meaning "made during the reign of the Qianlong emperor of the Great Qing dynasty."

• Provenance

  To 1952

  Alice Boney, New York. [1]

  From 1952 to ?

  Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc., New York purchased from Alice Boney, New York. [2]

  From ? to ?

  Charles Savage, purchased from Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc., New York. [3]

  From ? to ?

  Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc., New York purchased from Charles Savage. [4]

  From ? to ?

  Unknown collector, purchased from Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc., New York. [5]

  From ? to 1994

  Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc., New York purchased from an unknown collector. [6]

  From 1994

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc., New York. [7]

  Notes:

  [1] See letter from Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc. dated February 8, 1994, copy in object file, Collections Management Office. This letter details the object’s history from the year 1952 when it first came into the possession of Ralph M. Chait Galleries.

  [2] According to Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc. the object was purchased from Alice Boney in 1952. See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

  [4] See note 1.

  [5] According to statement dated Feb 8, 1994, after Mr. Savage gave up collection and sold the piece back to Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc., the gallery then sold the piece to an American collector. See letter dated Feb 8, 1994, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

  [6] See note 1 and 5.

  [7] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Honoring Friends: Recent Gifts by Members of the Freer and Sackler Galleries (June 10 to November 25, 2001)

  Art Treasures Exhibition (June 16 to June 30,1955)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Alice Boney (1901-1988)

  Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.

  Charles Savage

  Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Freer Gallery 13: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1790s, 1730s

• Name

  Boney, Alice, Savage, Charles, Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Jingdezhen ware, Qianlong reign (1736 - 1796)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes