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Hair ornament (fragment)

Object Details

Provenance
To 1915
Lai-Yuan and Company, New York, to 1915 [1]
From 1915 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company in 1915 [2]
From 1920
The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 796, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[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
Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Date
618-907
Period
Tang dynasty
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
H x W: 3.5 x 3.9 cm (1 3/8 x 1 9/16 in)
Type
Jewelry and Ornament
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