Spouted cup with mask and incised linked curls
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Period
475-221 BCE -
Geography
Probably Jincun, Henan province, China -
Material
Jade (nephrite) -
Dimension
H x W x D: 5.1 x 9.8 x 11.3 cm (2 x 3 7/8 x 4 7/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1930.31 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1930.31
Object Details
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Description
Cup, peach shaped, with low, spreading foot; translucent, greenish white with light and dark brown markings; large areas of opaque cream white decomposition; much earth incrustation. Incised, wide band of interlocked double spiral pattern, one t’ao-t’ieh [taotie] 饕餮 mask. (Rim and foot rim broken, surface damage.) -
Provenance
To 1930C. T. Loo & Company, New York to 1930 [1]From 1930Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in 1930 [2]Notes:[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.[2] See note 1. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933) -
Previous custodian or owner
C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948) -
Origin
Probably Jincun, Henan province, China -
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment -
Type
Vessel -
Restrictions and Rights
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