Tomb jar
date: label: Date
content: early 1st-early 3rd century
label: Period
content: Eastern Han dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Vase of the type "hu"; flat base on which are five long spurs, triangular in section.
label: Description
content: Clay: reddish, sandy texture; fired medium hard.
label: Description
content: Glaze: lead silicate; green now turned iridescent and partly worn off; some on base.
label: Description
content: Decoration: horizontal rings in relief; two simulated mask and ring handles moulded in relief and applied.
label: Description
content: One of a pair with F1902.200.
label: Provenance
content: To 1902
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1902 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1902 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1902 [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. 1175, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
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 (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Ceramics (May 9, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, West Corridor, 1947 (January 8, 1947 to February 10, 1947)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese and Korean Ceramics (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Panels and Han Pottery (February 25, 1925 to July 19, 1943)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese and Korean Pottery, and Korean Bronze (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (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: funerary
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: F1902.199
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 Diam: 31.5 × 22.8 cm (12 3/8 × 9 in)