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Medium:
Pottery
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 47.1 x 157.5 x 17.4 cm (18 9/16 x 62 x 6 7/8 in)
Type:
Unclassified
Origin:
China
Date:
3rd century BCE
Period:
Han dynasty or earlier
Description:
Tomb tile: hollow. Round hole at one end, large oblong hole at other end.
Clay: coarse, dark gray.
Glaze: none.
Decoration: impressed design of two birds and two horses; lozenge borders.
Provenance:
To 1914
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1914 [1]
From 1914 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1914 [2]
From 1920
The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5684, 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:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)  Search this
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Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1914.108
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye35f5a5c2c-f426-456b-a5cb-d89efa775b17
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1914.108