Jades for Life and Death

Classification: Vessel

Historical period(s): Qing dynasty, 1644-1911

Object Date: 1644-1911

Medium: Jade

Dimension(s): H x W: 16.4 x 12.9 cm (6 7/16 x 5 1/16 in)

Origin: China

Credit Line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Collection: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Accession Number: F1916.372

Provenance: To 1916
Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

From 1916 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang in 1916 [2]

From 1920
The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1012, pg. 217, 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): Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (C.L. Freer source) (late 19th-early 20th century)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Description: Vessel: rectangular tray from with raised, projecting rim and notched corners; raised and slightly recessed circular platform for cup, reverse had circular depression in center; opaque, mottled cream and white with delicate tan veinings, scattered black streaks and specks; decoration: incised lines; smooth surface, dull polish; one strata crack. Box.

Curatorial Remarks

1. Bought from K. T. Wong, Shanghai. For price, see Original Miscellaneous List, p. 217.

2. Original attribution: Han. See further, S.I. 1012, Appendix VIII. (See Paragraph 6).

3. Sp. G. is 2.854.

4. (I. M., 1945) Ch'ing dynasty or earlier.

5. (W. B. Trousdale, 1964) Ch'ing dynasty. Perhaps Ming; but not earlier than this.

6. (T. Lawton, 1978) Late Ch'ing.

7. (J. Smith per Stephen Allee, 7/15/2008) Vessel added as secondary classification.

8. (S. Kitsoulis, 16 June 2010) Title changed from "Vessel: rectangular tray form with raised, projecting rim and notched corners" to "Rectangular tray form."

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