Covered box, one of a pair with S2012.9.1747.2a-b

Object Details

• Provenance

  1928 to 1929

  Discovered in tomb located in in Jincun, Honan Provence, China. [1]

  By 1936

  Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (1871–1941), Sands Point, New York [2]

  To 1964

  J. T. Tai & Company, New York, NY [3]

  1964 to 1997

  Dr. Paul Singer, Summit, NJ purchased from J. T. Tai & Company on January 7, 1964 in New York, NY [4]

  1997 to 1999

  In the custody of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, upon Paul Singer’s death in January 1997 and a loan agreement between the Executors of the Singer Estate and the Gallery in February 1997 [5]

  From 1999

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Paul Singer, the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, and the Children of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler [6]

  Notes:

  [1] The pair is published in Umehara, RakuyōKinson kobo shuei (Kyoto, 1936) pls. 27 (illustrated) and identified as archeological discovery at tombs in Chin Ts’un (now known as Jincun) in Honan Province.

  [2] See note 1; Mrs. Christian R. Holmes is listed as owner. Also see the collector’s stickers affixed to interior of object: “Mrs. Christian R. Holmes Collection, G 34.”

  [3] See invoice from J. T. Tai & Company to Dr. Paul Singer, January 7, 1964, copy in object file, Collections Management Office. Invoice is for object “YT 3951: Pair Silver Boxes with inscription, round shape with star-like decoration, Chou Dynasty.”

  [4] See note 3. The collection of Chinese art and antiquities assembled by Paul Singer was purchased by him on behalf of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, Jillian Sackler, the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities and later was transferred to the children of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler.

  [5] The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art came into the custody of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, upon Paul Singer’s death in January 1997 and a loan agreement between the Executors of the Singer Estate and the Gallery in February 1997.

  [6] See “The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art Gift Agreement,” March 1999, Collections Management Office. This object was formally accessioned into the museum collection in 2012.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  Relics of Ancient China from the Collection of Dr. Paul Singer (1965)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (1871-1941)

  J. T. Tai & Co. (established in 1950)

  Dr. Paul Singer (1904-1997)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; a joint gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Paul Singer, the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, and the Children of Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Container

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 0s

• Name

  Holmes, Christian R., Singer, Paul, J. T. Tai & Co.

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Gilding, Silver, Art, The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Sculpture, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE), Chinese Art, Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE), Metal-work

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Containers