Object Details
- Description
- Cup. Silver. Surface: lustrous gray patina; traces of earthy adhesions. Decoration: engraved; gold leaf applied to areas in the design.
- Provenance
- 1930
- Yamanaka and Company, Boston 1930 [1]
- From 1930
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, Boston in 1930 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Object file, undated folder sheet. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Center of the World: China and the Silk Road (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Silk Road Exhibition (August 18 to December 25, 2011)
- Silk Road Luxuries from China (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)
- Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007)
- Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)
- Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 1982)
- Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
- Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork and Painting, East Corridor (February 15, 1955 to August 26, 1955)
- Special Mirror Exhibition (November 16, 1954 to February 25, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Metalwork, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to March 23, 1944)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- late 7th century
- Period
- Early Tang dynasty
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Medium
- Cast and hammered silver with chased and ring-punched decoration and mercury gilding
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6.4 x 7.8 cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/16 in)
- Type
- Vessel
