Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1915
- Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), New York, NY, to 1915 [1]
- From 1915 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, New York, in 1915 [2]
- From 1920
- The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 774, pg. 199, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.
- [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
- Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 206 BCE-220 CE
- Period
- Han dynasty
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Diam: 1.5 cm (9/16 in)
- Type
- Jewelry and Ornament
