John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Cox, John Hadley, 1913-2005
place: label: Place
content: Changsha (Hunan Sheng, China)
label: Place
content: China -- Hunan Province -- Changsha
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology -- China -- Antiquities
label: Topic
content: Ceramics -- China
label: Topic
content: Pottery -- China
label: Topic
content: Bronzes, Chinese
label: Topic
content: Lacquer and lacquering -- China
creator: label: Creator
content: Cox, John Hadley, 1913-2005
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content: John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Hadley Cox (b. 1913) was a collector of Chinese archaeological ceramic, pottery and bronze vessels, predominantly from the Ch'angsha region of Hunan Province, South Central China. Upon graduating from Yale University in 1935, he spent two years teaching at Yale University's Yale-in-China program in Changsha. In 1991, Mr.Cox also donated 106 potsherds of Thai, Cambodian, Vietnamese and Chinese origin to the Freer Gallery Study Collection. Mr. Cox also left numerous items of his collection to the art gallery of his alma mater.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1936-1939
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Photographs donated by John Hadley Cox, 1991. Film donated by John Hadley Cox, 1992.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A1991.07
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Lantern slides
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged into 18 series: 

Series 1: Tombs & grave at Changsha (Hunan Province), 1936-1937

Series 2: Changsha Exhibition (Yale, 1939)

Series 3: Objects from the same Chu Tomb, Changsha

Series 4: Bronze vessels

Series 5: Bronze objects

Series 6: Bronze mirrors

Series 7: Bronze object

Series 8: Chu pottery

Series 9: Han and later ceramics

Series 10: Chu wooden "Zhenmushou"

Series 11: Chu wooden burial figures

Series 12: Other Chu wooden pieces

Series 13: Chu lacquer pieces

Series 14: Lacquer pattern

Series 15: Others

Series 16: Chu silk manuscript

Series 17: Unidentified Slides

Series 18: Dragon Boat Festival Film
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Lantern slides
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Lantern slides taken in the mid to late 1930s pertaining to objects in Mr. Cox's collection, namely ceramics, bronzes, lacquer, and figures found at archaeological sites in Changsha, Hunan province of China, dating primarily from the Zhou and Han Dynasties and from the Warring States period. Also includes lantern slides and glass plate negatives of the Chu silk manuscripts and a 16mm film (and beta cam copy) of the 1935 Dragon Boat Festival at Changsha.