Fragment of a lid with human figure

Object Details

• Provenance

  ?-1957

  Walter Hochstadter (1914-2007) [1]

  From 1957

  National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, purchased from Walter Hochstadter in 1957 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] This was purchased from Walter Hochstadter (1914-2007) in 1957.

  [2] See note 1. This work is part of the Museum’s National Museum of Asian Art Study Collection.

  Research updated on April 9, 2026

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Walter Hochstadter (1914-2007)

• Origin

  Zhejiang province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1000s

• Name

  Hochstadter, Walter

• Place

  China, Zhejiang province

• Topic

  Yue ware, Art, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Celadon glaze, Ceramics, Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)