Cup

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1966

  Warren E. Cox & Associates, Inc. New York [1]

  From 1966 to 1987

  Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, New York, purchased from Warren E. Cox & Associates on March 2nd, 1966 [2]

  From 1987

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler in 1987 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Cox stockcard no. 48J:

  "Sung jade small oval cup with straight slightly flaring sides rounding in to a small short foot. It has one handle in angular scroll form with deck curved at end. The body has an allover design of 5 rows of small spirals in low relief--It is of brownish white nephrite," according to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation on October 9, 2009.

  [2] According to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009. See Warren Cox's invoice dated March 2nd, 1966, copy in object file.

  [3] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution, dated July 28, 1982, legal titel of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Warren E. Cox (1895-1977)

  Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1600s

• Name

  Sackler, Arthur M., Cox, Warren E.

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Jade

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)