Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 9.3 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm (3 11/16 x 7/8 x 3/4 in)

Type:

Sculpture

Origin:

China

Date:

618-907

Period:

Tang dynasty

Provenance:

To 1912

Kiroku Adachi, Nagoya, Japan, to 1912 [1]

From 1912 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kiroku Adachi through Samurai Shokai, Yokohama, Japan, in 1912 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 386, 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.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Kiroku Adachi (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1912.90

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