Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

H x W: 24 x 7.6 cm (9 7/16 x 3 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

China

Description:

Chinese,

Period Uncertain

Small ceremonial cup of the type "pei."

Surface: red-brown patina, almost covered with malachite green.

Decoration: in low relief.

Provenance:

To 1911

Unidentified owner at Kaifeng Fu, to 1911 [1]

From 1911 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified owner at Kaifeng Fu 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. 203, 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:

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1911.48

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Data Source:

National Museum of Asian Art

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