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Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 55.9 x 20.5 x 0.9 cm (22 x 8 1/16 x 3/8 in)
Type:
Architectural Element
Origin:
Japan
Date:
8th century
Provenance:
To 1903
Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906), Paris and Tokyo, to 1903 [1]
From 1903 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the Hayashi sale, through Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, in 1903 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Reserved Wood Carving List, R. 5304, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also the object record for F1903.284.
[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.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Hayashi Tadamasa 林 忠正? (1853-1906) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
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Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1903.286
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e2856a7d-0e71-47b7-854f-3b6493e2d2af
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1903.286