Period latern slides taken in the mid to late 1930's pertaining to objects in Mr. Cox's collection, namely ceramics, bronzes, lacquer and figures found at archaeological sites in Changsha, Hunan province, dating primarily from the Zhou and Han Dynasties and from the Warring States period.
At a later date, a 5 minute 16mm film of the annual Dragon Boat Festival, shot in Changsha, Hunan province, in 1935 was added to this collection by the donor. The film was converted into both Beta and VHS cassette formats.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged into 16 series:
Series 1: Tombs & grave at Changsha (Hunan Province), 1936-1937
Series 2: Changsha Exhibition (Yale, 1939)
Series 3: Objects from the same Chu Tomb, Changsha
Series 4: Bronze vessels
Series 5: Bronze objects
Series 6: Bronze mirrors
Series 7: Bronze object
Series 8: Chu pottery
Series 9: Han and later ceramics
Series 10: Chu wooden "Zhenmushou"
Series 11: Chu wooden burial figures
Series 12: Other Chu wooden pieces
Series 13: Chu lacquer pieces
Series 14: Lacquer pattern
Series 15: Others
Series 16: Chu silk manuscript
Biographical / Historical:
John Hadley Cox (b. 1913) was a collector of Chinese archaeological ceramic, pottery and bronze vessels, predominantly from the Ch'angsha region of Hunan Province, South Central China. Upon graduating from Yale University in 1935, he spent two years teaching at Yale University's Yale-in-China program in Changsha. In 1991, Mr.Cox also donated 106 potsherds of Thai, Cambodian, Vietnamese and Chinese origin to the Freer Gallery Study Collection. Mr. Cox also left numerous items of his collection to the art gallery of his alma mater.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Tang Changsha yao ci qi zhi yan jiu = A study of Chang-sha ware in Tang dynasty / Lin Shuxin zhu ; [bian ji Guo li li shi bo wu guan bian ji wei yuan hui]
Title:
唐長沙窰瓷器之硏究 = A study of Chang-sha ware in Tang dynasty / 林淑心著 ; [编輯國立歷史博物館编輯委員會]
Guan cang ci qi Changsha yao = The National Museum of History's Changsha porcelain collection / [bian ji Guo li li shi bo wu guan yan jiu zu ; zhu bian Lin Shuxin]
Title:
館藏瓷器長沙窯 = The National Museum of History's Changsha porcelain collection / [編輯國立歷史博物館研究組 ; 主編林淑心]
Changsha yao
長沙窯
National Museum of History's Changsha porcelain collection
Changsha Mawangdui yi hao Han mu chu tu fang zhi pin de yan jiu / Shanghai shi fang zhi ke xue yan jiu yuan, Shanghai shi si chou gong ye gong si wen wu yan jiu zu
Title:
长沙马王堆一号汉墓出土纺织品的硏究 / 上海市纺织科学硏究院, 上海市丝绸工业公司文物硏究组
Study of the textile fabrics unearthed from Han tomb no. 1 at Ma-wang-tui in Changsha
Author:
Shanghai Shi fang zhi ke xue yan jiu yuan, Shanghai Shi si chou gong ye gong si wen wu yan jiu zu Search this
