Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

H x W: 21.3 x 12.8 cm (8 3/8 x 5 1/16 in)

Type:

Weapon and Armament

Origin:

China

Date:

1050-221 BCE

Period:

Zhou dynasty

Provenance:

To 1916

Lai-Yuan and Company, New York, to 1916 [1]

From 1916 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company in 1916 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1007, 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

Exhibition History:

Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

Chinese Bronze, Jade, Marble (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)

Previous custodian or owner:

Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1916.393

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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