Waster fragment of a small cup

Object Details

• Provenance

  By 1935 to ?

  Dr. Willard J. Sutton (1895-1970) excavated at Te-hura

  [Dehua], China [1]

  By 1951

  Freer Gallery of Art, Study Collection, likely acquired by John A. Pope (1906-1982) from Dr. Willard J. Sutton [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Dr. Willard J. Sutton was an American-born chemistry professor who worked at the Fukien Christian University. He did work for the Fujian government, studying Dehua porcelain. See Study Collection Catalogue Card, copy in object file. The catalogue card indicates that Sutton "excavated" the sherd in "Te-hua in 1935" and he found it "4 ft. underground."

  [2] See catalogue card cited in note 1. No year appears on the inventory card, but the card is within the series of objects acquired by John A. Pope for the Freer Study Collection in 1951.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. Willard J. Sutton (ca. 1895-1970)

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

• Origin

  Dehua, Fujian province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dr. William J. Sutton

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1690s, 1660s

• Name

  Pope, John Alexander, Sutton, Willard J.

• Place

  China, Fujian province, Dehua

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Dehua ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)