Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

Diam x D: 19 x 1.2 cm (7 1/2 x 1/2 in)

Type:

Mirror

Origin:

China

Date:

2nd-6th century

Period:

Eastern Han dynasty or Period of Division

Provenance:

To 1917

Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [1]

From 1917 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [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. 1101, 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 (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)

Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 1982)

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

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

Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork and Painting, East Corridor (February 15, 1955 to August 26, 1955)

Special Mirror Exhibition (November 16, 1954 to February 25, 1955)

Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)

Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)

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

Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)

Chinese Jades and Bronze, East Corridor (November 19, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

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:

F1917.165

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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