Object Details
- Description
- Surface: originally gilded, partly worn away; areas of dark green patina.
- Decoration: in low relief.
- Provenance
- To 1915
- Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1915 [1]
- From 1915 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, 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. 646, 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
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (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 with gilding
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 11.3 x 10.8 x 8.7 cm (4 7/16 x 4 1/4 x 3 7/16 in)
- Type
- Vessel
