Object Details
- Provenance
- Reportedly excavated at Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do province, Korea [1]
- To 1917
- Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [2]
- From 1917 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [3]
- From 1920
- The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
- Notes:
- [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company (see Curatorial Remarks by H.E. Buckman, 1964, and Louise Cort, July 23, 2010, in the object record).
- [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1270, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [3] See note 2.
- [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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Korean Art (June 24, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
- Korean Art (November 2, 1959 to November 22, 1971)
- Untitled Exhibition, Korean Art, 1958 (July 10, 1958 to April 15, 1959)
- 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
- 57 BCE-668 CE
- Period
- Three Kingdoms period
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Jade (jadeite)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 2.4 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm (15/16 x 9/16 x 3/8 in)
- Type
- Jewelry and Ornament
