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Comb

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John Hadley Cox (1913-2005) was an educator and a collector of Chinese archaeological ceramic, pottery, and bronze vessels, predominantly from the Changsha region of Hunan Province in South Central China. Upon graduating from Yale University in 1935 (B.A.), he spent two years teaching at Yale University's Yale-in-China program in Changsha. Whilst in China, he amassed his collection of ceramics and

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Confucius and Buddha Cradling a Qilin

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[1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1245, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 2. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

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Cong-shaped bead

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[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1026 D, pg. 223, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object is one of a group of nine beads that were purchased together (F1916.384 and F1916.759- .766).

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Container (bu) with masks (taotie), dragons, and waterfowl

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[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 517, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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Container (you) with masks (taotie) and dragons

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Cheng Mengjia provides the same provenance but mentions also a conflicting report that the vessel came from the Wenzhou area of Zhejiang, see Cheng Mengjia, Yin Zhou qingtongqi fenlei tulu (In Shu seidoki bunrui zuroku; A Corpus of Chinese Bronzes in American Collections) (Tokyo: Kyuko Shoin, 1977), A586. See also Robert W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections (Washing

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Container with frog at rim

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Light gray clay, darkened on surface by use. Potter's mark on base to right. Clear ash glaze under copper-green (rusu) glaze streaked with bluish white, forming thick welt just above base. Clear glaze on inside. Relief figure of tiny frog climbing over rim. With ivory lid.

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Conversing beside the Hao River

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[1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 694, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

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Corner piece tile

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H x W x D: 16.9 x 16.7 x 2.8 cm (6 5/8 x 6 9/16 x 1 1/8 in)

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Corner tile, broken in two pieces

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[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1807, as well as Journal Voucher No. 2, December 1908, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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Costume ornament

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[1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company (see Curatorial Remarks, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record). Also see F1917.317.1, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in the object record.

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Costume ornament: dragon in roundel (pair with F1917.565)

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Costume ornament: dragon in roundel (pair with F1917.566)

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Confucius and Buddha Cradling a Qilin

Cong-shaped bead

Container (<em>bu</em>) with masks (<em>taotie</em>), dragons, and waterfowl

Container (<em>you</em>) with masks (<em>taotie</em>) and dragons

Container with frog at rim

Conversing beside the Hao River

Corner piece tile

Corner tile, broken in two pieces

Costume ornament

Costume ornament: dragon in roundel (pair with F1917.565)

Costume ornament: dragon in roundel (pair with F1917.566)