H x W x D: 3.6 x 6.7 x 4.7 cm (1 7/16 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/8 in)
Type:
Furniture and Furnishing
Origin:
China
Date:
618-907
Period:
Tang dynasty
Provenance:
To 1916
Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), London, to 1916 [1]
From 1916 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, London, 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. 903 B, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, the object record for F1916.228. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.
[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.
