One of the so-called "Hui Hsien black figures" (forgery)

Object Details

• Provenance

  By 1948 to 1952

  Walter M. Weinberger (1901-1971) method of acquisition unknown [1]

  From 1952

  Freer Gallery of Art, Study Collection, by gift from Walter M. Weinberger [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object in Walter M. Weinberger's collection in 1948, see Rutherford J. Gettens, "True and False Vermilion on Early Chinese Ceramics" in Far Eastern Ceramic Bulletin, Vol 1., no.1, plate III B. See also Study Collection Catalogue Card, copy in object file. Walter M. Weinberger identified himself as an "oriental importer" as early as 1939 and by 1949 owned and operated the antiquities dealership, Walter Weinberger & Co. at 4 Kingly Street in London, England.

  [2] See note 1. The Study Collection Catalogue Card indicates that Weinberger gave this object to John A. Pope (1906-1982), the Assistant Director of the Freer Gallery of Art and steward of the museum's ceramic collection, in 1952. Pope and Weinberger were both active members in the Oriental Ceramics Society.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Walter Wineberger (1901-1971)

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Walter Wineberger

• Type

  Sculpture

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• Date

  1940s, 1900s

• Name

  Pope, John Alexander, Wineberger, Walter

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Chinese Art, Forgery, Ceramics, Modern period (1912 - present)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Sculpture