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Purchased from American Art Association (sale of Herbert G. Squiers Collection). For price, see S.I. 343, original Miscellaneous List.

Original attribution: Chinese. Ch’ien Lung. See further, S.I. 343, Appendix IV, and Miscellaneous Envelope File.

The Envelope file contained no further information, and has now been destroyed.

Added Ch’ing, reign of Ch’ien Lung (1736-1795).

This seems to fit the Daoguang period.

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Historical period(s)
Qing dynasty, 1736-1795
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
H x W x D: 87.3 x 116.5 x 66 cm (34 3/8 x 45 7/8 x 26 in)
Geography
China
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1912.11
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Furniture and Furnishing
Type

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Keywords
China, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Provenance

To 1911
Herbert Goldsmith Squiers (1859-1911), New York, NY, to 1911 [1]

From 1912 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Herbert G. Squiers Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, April 9-12, 1912 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 343, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[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.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Herbert Goldsmith Squiers (C.L. Freer source) 1859-1911

Description

Purchased from American Art Association (sale of Herbert G. Squiers Collection). For price, see S.I. 343, original Miscellaneous List.

Original attribution: Chinese. Ch'ien Lung. See further, S.I. 343, Appendix IV, and Miscellaneous Envelope File.

The Envelope file contained no further information, and has now been destroyed.

Added Ch'ing, reign of Ch'ien Lung (1736-1795).

This seems to fit the Daoguang period.

Published References
  • John Getz. Illustrated Catalogue of the Noteworthy Collection of Beautiful old Chinese Porcelains and other Oriental Treasures formed by the late Herbert G. Squiers. New York, April 9 - 12, 1912. lot 701.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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