H x W x D: 26.4 x 3.7 x 4.2 cm (10 3/8 x 1 7/16 x 1 5/8 in)
Type:
Tool and Equipment
Origin:
Korea
Date:
12th-13th century
Period:
Goryeo period
Provenance:
Reportedly excavated at Gaeseong, Hwanghaebuk-do province, Korea [1]
To 1917
Mr. S. Yamanaka (Yamanaka & Company), Kyoto, to 1917 [2]
From 1917 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mr. S. Yamanaka, through Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [3]
From 1920
The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company. See Curatorial Remark 4, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record. See also, F1917.306.2a-f, Curatorial Remark 1, Louise Cort, July 6, 2010, in the object record.
[2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1271, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. For further details regarding the gift, see F1917.306.2a-f, Curatorial Remark 2, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in the object record.
[3] See note 2.
[4] 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:
Rediscovering Korea’s Past (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Korean Art (June 4, 1982 to September 23, 1982)
Korean Art (July 15, 1981 to September 15, 1981)
Korean Art (March 20, 1980 to March 3, 1981)
Korean Art (November 2, 1959 to November 22, 1971)
Untitled Exhibition, Korean Art, 1958 (July 10, 1958 to April 15, 1959)
Previous custodian or owner:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
