Base of a small cup

Object Details

• Provenance

  From 1981 to 1996

  Mr. Marion McDowell, recovered from a shipwreck near Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean in 1981. [1]

  From 1996

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mr. Marion McDowell, accessioned in to the collection in 1996. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] The donor, Mr. Marion McDowell recovered the object from a shipwreck near Ascension Island on the South Atlantic Ocean in 1981. See letter from Mr. McDowell to the Freer Gallery of Art dated September 10, 1981, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] The object was accessioned into the Freer Study Collection in 1996. See folder sheet note dated September 5, 1996, copy in object file, Collections Management Office. See also note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mr. Marion McDowell

• Origin

  China?

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mr. Marion McDowell

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Name

  McDowell, Marion

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Chinese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)