[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1146, pg. 260, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.
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
[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1070, p. 238, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. By at least 1917, Tonying and Company maintained business locations in Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, London, and New York, NY.
Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧. Areas of translucent golden tan almost covered with opaque cream and tan coating of decomposition. Decoration: in low relief and incised, grain pattern on both sides in interlocked concentric rows of spirals. (Rim slightly chipped.)
[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1140, pg. 257, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.
[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1172, p. 270, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also Voucher No. 18, December 1916.