Object Details
- Provenance
- Reportedly excavated at Gaeseong, Hwanghaebuk-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, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record). Also see F1917.317.1, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 8, 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
- 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
- 12th-13th century
- Period
- Goryeo period
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 x 1.8 cm (13/16 x 11/16 in)
- Type
- Jewelry and Ornament
