Object Details
- Previous custodian or owner
- Hieizan Temple
- Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Provenance
- Hieizan Temple [1]
- To 1903
- Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1903 [2]
- From 1903 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1903 [3]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
- Notes:
- [1] See Curatorial Remark 2, undated folder sheet note. See also, Reserved Bronze List, R.5138, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] see note 1.
- [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.
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam (overall): 14.7 x 6.4 cm (5 13/16 x 2 1/2 in)
- Type
- Musical Instrument
