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Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 5.7 x 25.4 x 3.5 cm (2 1/4 x 10 x 1 3/8 in)
Type:
Tool and Equipment
Origin:
China
Date:
5th-4th century BCE
Period:
Eastern Zhou dynasty
Provenance:
Probably unearthed near the site of the ancient city of Shouchun (in the modern province of Anhui). [1]
To 1924
Orvar Karlbeck. [2]
From 1924
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Orvar Karlbeck. [3]
Notes:
[1] According to Bishop’s unpublished report, Archaeological Research in China, 1924-34, Mr. Karlbeck had acquired nearly all the objects near the site of the ancient city of Shouchun (in the modern province of Anhui). See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.
[2] See note 1.
[3] Curatorial Remark 2 and 4 in the object record.
The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection (Bishop Collection) to the permanent collection in August 8, 1974. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
For further information also refer to “Part IV, List 2: A Complete List of Objects in the Bishop Collection” from Sarah L. Newmeyer’s Interim Report (1976), copy in the Carl Whiting Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)
Previous custodian or owner:
Orvar Karlbeck (1879-1967)
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Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1979.8
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3fda62af0-ed46-4311-95df-eeeeaa1662f2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1979.8