- Provenance
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By 1955-1956
Warren E. Cox Associates, New York, New York, method of acquisition unknown [1]From 1956
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Warren E. Cox Associates, New York, New York [2]Notes:
[1] See letter from Warren E. Cox (1895-1976) to Mr. Archibald G. Wenley (1898-1962), December 13, 1955, copy in object file. The letter reports that Cox sent the "small bronze" with the Freer Gallery of Art's curator, Richard Ettinghausen (1906-1979), for Wenley to inspect.[2] See invoice from Warren E. Cox Associates to Freer Gallery of Art, July 6, 1956, copy in object file. Warren E. Cox Associates describes the object as "XM-1377 Shang dynasty bronze chüeh." The invoice is annotated, indicating that the Freer Gallery of Art purchased the object on July 10, 1956.
Research Completed on March 17, 2022
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Warren E. Cox & Associates, Inc.
- Description
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Decorations cast in low relief and intaglio; single character inscription under handle; handle broken and repaired. Grey-green malachite patina with touches of azurite inside and cuprite in the fossae.
- Published References
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- Masterpieces of Chinese and Japanese Art: Freer Gallery of Art handbook. Washington, 1976. p. 9.
- The Horizon Book of the Arts of China. New York. p. 45.
- Higuchi Takayasu. Kijin to ningen no Chugoku. Tokyo. p. 111.
- Dr. John Alexander Pope, Rutherford John Gettens, James Cahill, Noel Barnard. The Freer Chinese Bronzes. Oriental Studies Series, vol. 1, no. 7 Washington. cat. 23, p. 139.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
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