Freer Acquires Ancient Chinese Ceramics Collection

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Summary

The Freer Gallery of Art acquires ancient Chinese ceramics collected by Helen Dalling Ling, an American who was married to a Chinese industrial chemist. The 29 objects include a footed jar from the Shang dynasty period (c. 1523-1028 B.C.) and six unbroken bowls from the Warring States period (480-222 B.C.). According to Director Thomas Lawton, the acquisition gives the Freer Gallery the best collection of ancient Chinese pottery in the United States.

Subject

  • Lawton, Thomas 1931-
  • Ling, Helen Dalling 1901-1982
  • Freer Gallery of Art

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

"New Acquisitions Come to the Smithsonian: Freer Gallery of Art." The Smithsonian Torch (July 1984): 1, 7.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1984

Topic

  • Acquisitions
  • Art, Asian, Art
  • Art
  • Antiquities
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Pottery
  • Museums
  • Ceramics
  • Private collections
  • Museums--Acquisitions
  • Art, Chinese
  • Art objects
  • Art, Asian, Art--Private collections

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