Sarcophagus
date: label: Date
content: 9th-mid 10th century
label: Period
content: Tang dynasty or Five Dynasties period
notes: label: Description
content: Sarcophagus: small rectangular, with sloping roof. Circular opening. Cover. Ashes of charcoal within.
label: Description
content: Unglazed pottery.
label: Description
content: Clay: soft, dense, red.
label: Description
content: Glaze: thin, blackish wash, largely disappeared.
label: Description
content: Decoration: an incised design at one end representing a pair of door. Studs in relief on cover.
label: Provenance
content: To 1918
label: Provenance
content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1918 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang, in New York, in 1918 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L, 2580, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
label: Topic
content: Five Dynasties period (907 - 960)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: earthenware
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1918.47a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Container
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Unglazed earthenware
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 22.7 x 38.5 cm (8 15/16 x 15 3/16 in)