H x W x D: 20.1 x 19.6 x 23.1 cm (7 15/16 x 7 11/16 x 9 1/8 in)
Type:
Weapon and Armament
Origin:
China
Date:
206 BCE-220 CE
Period:
Han dynasty
Description:
Helmet. Patches of green patina and earthy incrustations.
Provenance:
To 1925
Peter Johannes Bahr (died circa 1928), Shanghai, purchased from an unidentified dealer, to 1925 [1]
From 1925
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Peter Johannes Bahr, through Carl Whiting Bishop, in 1925 [2]
Notes:
[1] The object was said to have been bought by Mr. Bahr from a dealer who claimed it was found near Ling-pao, Honan (see Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record).
[2] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office. Also see Original Bishop List, No. B-15, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
