- Provenance
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To 1907
Unidentified owner, Japan, to 1907 [1]From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Japan from an unidentified owner in 1907 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 29, 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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Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
- Description
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Cup, type gu. Wooden stand.
Surface: Dense green patina over original silvery gray surface; areas of brownish incrustation.
Decoration: engraved.
- Inscription(s)
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The inscription is on the bottom of its lower part. See Curatorial Remark number 6.
- Published References
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- Sueji Umehara. Shina kokogaku ronko [Studies in Chinese Archaeology]. Showa 13 Tokyo, 1938-1940. pl. 34, fig. 1.
- Sueji Umehara. On the Shapes of the Bronze Vessels of Ancient China: An Archaeological Study. Toho Bunka Gakuin kyoto kenkyujo kenkyu hohoku, vol.15 Kyoto. pl. 7, fig. 7.
- Dr. John Alexander Pope, Rutherford John Gettens, James Cahill, Noel Barnard. The Freer Chinese Bronzes. Oriental Studies Series, vol. 1, no. 7 Washington. cat. 6, p. 51.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
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