Altar bell with carved wooden handle
Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1900
- Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1900 [1]
- From 1900 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1900 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5134, 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
- Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Accession Number
- F1900.117
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Musical Instrument
- Medium
- Bronze and wood
- Dimensions
- H x W: 15 x 6.6 cm (5 7/8 x 2 5/8 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- metal
- bronze
- Buddhism
- Japan
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1900.117
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye36545cbf3-77fc-41f4-86a8-bc9714956f6c
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