Cup with dragon handles

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Object Details

Description

Cup; dragon handles and low circular foot; opaque, mottled grayish white and cream with spots of bright green and black; decoration: carved in openwork, low relief and incised, and wide band with double phoenix design, smooth surface with areas of high luster.

Provenance

To 1916

Lai-Yuan and Company, New York, to 1916 [1]

From 1916 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company 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. 826, pg. 178, 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.

Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner

Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

1368-1644

Period

Ming dynasty

Accession Number

F1916.144

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Vessel

Medium

Jade (nephrite)

Dimensions

H x W: 5.4 x 10 cm (2 1/8 x 3 15/16 in)

Origin

China

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

jade

nephrite

dragon

Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)