Medium:

Unglazed earthenware

Dimensions:

H x W: 22.7 x 38.5 cm (8 15/16 x 15 3/16 in)

Type:

Container

Origin:

China

Date:

9th-mid 10th century

Period:

Tang dynasty or Five Dynasties period

Description:

Sarcophagus: small rectangular, with sloping roof. Circular opening. Cover. Ashes of charcoal within.

Unglazed pottery.

Clay: soft, dense, red.

Glaze: thin, blackish wash, largely disappeared.

Decoration: an incised design at one end representing a pair of door. Studs in relief on cover.

Provenance:

To 1918

Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

From 1918 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang, in New York, in 1918 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L, 2580, 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:

Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1918.47a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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