Toiletry box (lian) with cover

Object Details

• Description

  Smooth dark green patina with incised design on both cover and body. Supported on three ball feet.

• Provenance

  From 1941 to 1946

  C. T. Loo & Company, New York from April 1941 [1]

  From 1946

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company on March 18, 1946 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See C. T. Loo's stockcard no. 87101: "Bronze round box CHIN with cover decorated in cut in designs of fighting animals, and two bands of lozenges around rim and foot. cover with a loop. knob raising in the center of a four petal flower and, fighting animal

  turquoise patina. Late Chou," C. T. Loo & Frank Caro Archive, Musée Guimet, Paris, copy in object file. In April 1941, the object was brought to the Freer Gallery for examination and later returned to C. T. Loo. The same year it was taken by Loo to Alfred F. Pillsbury but subsequently was returned. In December 1945, the vase was sent again to the Freer Gallery.

  [2] See C. T. Loo's invoice, dated March 18, 1946, copy in object file.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)

  Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 1982)

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Special Exhibition—Chinese Bronzes (November 1, 1961 to March 23, 1962)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)

  Special Exhibition, Chinese Art (April 20, 1954 to November 16, 1954)

  Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)

• Previous custodian or owner

  C. T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  BCE 0s

• Name

  C. T. Loo & Company

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Bronze, Art, Sculpture, Chinese Art, Metal-work, Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)