Medium:

Glass

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 5 x 8.9 cm (1 15/16 x 3 1/2 in)

Diam (rim [exterior]): 8 cm (3 1/8 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Guangxi, China

Date:

220-589

Period:

Period of Division

Description:

Small Han / early Six Dynasties light blue glass bowl with surface fractures and one minor loss, recovered from Changsha.

Provenance:

From 1935-37 to 1991

John Hadley Cox (1913-2005), Las Vegas, Nevada. [1]

From 1991

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John Hadley Cox, Las Vegas, Nevada. [2]

Notes:

[1] The object was excavated by the donor outside the North Gate at Changsha between September 1935 and August 1937. See Curatorial Remark 5 in the object record.

[2] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

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Credit Line:

Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

Accession Number:

FSC-G-52

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d52af1fb-ab1e-46b0-839e-82444c7cc1fe

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_FSC-G-52