Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

H x W: 22.8 x 16.6 cm (9 x 6 9/16 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

China

Description:

Chinese

Recent

Ceremonial vessel of the type "ting."

Surface: mingled brown, yellow, and olive-green patina.

Decoration: in low relief, and engraved. Inscription inside.

Provenance:

To 1911

Lee Chiao San, Shanghai, to 1911 [1]

From 1911 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lee Chiao San in 1911 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 196, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[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.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Lee Chiao San (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1911.41

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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