H x W x D (assembled): 31.4 × 30.8 × 22.2 cm (12 3/8 × 12 1/8 × 8 3/4 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
China
Description:
Ceremonial vessel of the type "yu," with cover.
Wood stand.
Surface: dark brown and malachite green patina; areas of blue aerugo inside.
Inscriptions inside of vessel and cover.
Decoration: in low and high relief.
Inscriptions:
Inscriptions on lid and inside of vessel are the same and read: '...Wang..(figures of three tigers), makes (for) Father Ting this valuable chuen...(name of vessel)'.
Provenance:
To 1909
Yung Pao Chai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]
From 1909 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yung Pao Chai in 1909 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 85, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pg. 18, Yung Pao Chai may have been Yongbaozhai, a shop established in the antique district of Liulichang in 1884.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
