Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 17.2 × 10.9 × 2 cm (6 3/4 × 4 5/16 × 13/16 in)

Type:

Sculpture

Origin:

Korea

Date:

6th century

Period:

Three Kingdoms period

Provenance:

To 1916

Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1916 [1]

From 1916 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1916 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 978, 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)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1916.460

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye379ca571b-61a6-4818-a192-f62b1bf6ba7c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1916.460