Object Details
- Provenance
- Reportedly excavated at Gaeseong, Hwanghaebuk-do province, Korea [1]
- To 1917
- Mr. S. Yamanaka (Yamanaka & Company), Kyoto, to 1917 [2]
- From 1917 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mr. S. Yamanaka, through 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 Remark 4, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record. See also, F1917.306.2a-f, Curatorial Remark 1, Louise Cort, July 6, 2010, in the object record.
- [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1271, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. For further details regarding the gift, see F1917.306.2a-f, Curatorial Remark 2, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in the object record.
- [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
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 26.4 x 3.5 x 3.8 cm (10 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/2 in)
- Type
- Tool and Equipment
