Tomb censer
date: label: Date
content: early 1st-early 3rd century
label: Period
content: Eastern Han dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Censer in the form of a vessel with a stem attached to saucer-like base. Rough conical lid has 4 triangular projections formed of the clay cut from the body and pushed outward, leaving 4 openings. Glazed pottery.
label: Description
content: Clay: soft, reddish pottery.
label: Description
content: Glaze: light green; silvery iridescence, partly disintegrated.
label: Description
content: Decoration: band of triangular depressions around lid.
label: Provenance
content: To 1919
label: Provenance
content: C.D. McGrath, New York, NY, to 1919 [1]
label: Provenance
content: 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from C.D. McGrath in 1919 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: 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. 2611, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record, this censer and lid were originally accessioned as F1919.4b-c; see folder sheet for F1919.4 for more information.
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: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: C. D. McGrath (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: iridescence
label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)
label: Topic
content: incense
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: F1919.185a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 19.5 x 21.5 cm (7 11/16 x 8 7/16 in)