Medium:

Glass and gilt bronze

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 4.8 × 9.7 × 0.7 cm (1 7/8 × 3 13/16 × 1/4 in)

Type:

Jewelry and Ornament

Origin:

Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China

Date:

206 BCE-9 CE

Period:

Western Han dynasty

Provenance:

To 1917

Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, to 1917 [1]

From 1917 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854 1919), purchased from Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, 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. 1261, 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:

F1917.277

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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EDAN-URL:

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