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Ladle, with a seven-lobed bowl

Object Details

Provenance
1930
Yamanaka and Company, New York 1930 [1]
From 1930
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, New York in 1930 [2]
Notes:
[1] Object file, undated folder sheet. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
Silk Road Exhibition (August 18 to December 25, 2011)
Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007)
Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Metalwork, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to March 23, 1944)
Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Date
8th-9th century
Period
Tang dynasty
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
H x W x D: 27 x 5.9 x 5.6 cm (10 5/8 x 2 5/16 x 2 3/16 in)
Type
Tool and Equipment
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