Chariot shaft fitting in the form of a dragon head
Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1932
- C. T. Loo & Company, New York. [1]
- From 1932
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York. [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Art and Industry: China’s Houma Foundry (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Clay and Metal: Ancient Chinese Ceramics and Metal (February 25, 1997 to August 9, 2011)
- Chinese Metalwork (May 9, 1993 to March 21, 1997)
- Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)
- Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 1982)
- Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)
- Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
- Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork and Painting, East Corridor (February 15, 1955 to August 26, 1955)
- Special Mirror Exhibition (November 16, 1954 to February 25, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
- Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)
- Previous custodian or owner
- C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- ca. 4th century BCE
- Period
- Late Eastern Zhou dynasty, Late Warring States period
- Accession Number
- F1932.14a-c
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Tool and Equipment
- Medium
- Bronze with gilding and silvering and glass
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 12.9 x 23.1 x 17 cm (5 1/16 x 9 1/8 x 6 11/16 in)
- Origin
- Jincun, Henan province, China
- On View
- Freer Gallery 18: Art and Industry: China's Ancient Houma Foundry
- 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
- casting
- gilding
- silvering
- metal
- bronze
- dragon
- dragon
- Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
- Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
- China
- Chinese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1932.14a-c
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3931f70d0-4b14-478e-8cd6-c9b6300d6d3e
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