Tomb vessel with lid ("hill jar")
date: label: Date
content: early 1st-early 3rd century
label: Period
content: Eastern Han dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: "Hill-jar", cylindrical, tripod. Cover.
label: Description
content: Clay: soft, pinkish.
label: Description
content: Glaze: green, with dull silvery iridescence. Inside, greenish-yellow with green overflow.
label: Description
content: Decoration: band of animals and men molded in relief. Legs, seated bear-forms. Cover molded in 17 peaks; animals in relief.
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. 1177, 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: Clay and Metal: Ancient Chinese Ceramics and Metal (February 25, 1997 to August 9, 2011)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Calligraphy and Ceramics (April 18, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
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: animal
label: Topic
content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: earthenware
label: Topic
content: copper-green lead glaze
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: F1902.201a-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 Diam (assembled): 22 x 21.4 cm (8 11/16 x 8 7/16 in)