Object Details
- Description
- Hollow tomb tile. Funerary model of a gate in three parts, a center section between 2 towers, all with simulated tile roof.
- Clay: slate-gray earthenware, fine texture.
- Glaze: none
- Decoration: impressed with dies or stamps with a variety of geometric motifs and a large ram's head in high relief near base of center section.
- Provenance
- To 1923
- Tung Kee Curio Shop, Zhengzhou, Henan [1]
- From 1923
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Tung Kee Curio Shop, Zhengzhou, Henan in July 8th 1923 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.
- [2] See note 1. Also see the Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Tung Kee Curio Shop
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- 100 BCE-100 CE
- Period
- Han dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1923.20a-c
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Model
- Medium
- Unglazed earthenware
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (assembled): 77 × 92.5 × 25.5 cm (30 5/16 × 36 7/16 × 10 1/16 in)
- Origin
- China
- 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
- ceramic
- Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)
- funerary
- China
- Chinese Art
- Carl Whiting Bishop collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1923.20a-c
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye39190afc3-4023-473c-bbc0-adaaa73cd9d7
