- Provenance
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To 1900
Jean Pallotti, Florence to 1900 [1]From 1900 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Jean Pallotti, Florence in 1900 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 827, 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.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Jean Pallotti
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
- Description
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Incense-burner: a standing elephant surmounted by a pagoda-shaped structure; a figure of Li T'ieh-kuai [CHN]. In two sections.
Clay: hard, fine, gray.
Glaze: lustrous blue-gray clouded with yellow; yellow, blue-green, lavender, blue, white and blackish-brown in local areas.
- Published References
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- Paul S. Ropp. China in World History. New York. frontispiece.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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