Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1916
- Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1916 [1]
- From 1916 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1916 [2]
- From 1920
- The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 973, 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
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 206 BCE-220 CE
- Period
- Han dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1916.455
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Tool and Equipment
- Medium
- Bronze with silver inlay
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4.6 x 6.7 cm (1 13/16 x 2 5/8 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
- casting
- inlay (process)
- metal
- bronze
- tiger
- Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)
- China
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1916.455
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye37a120b0e-9e46-4b10-afcd-01eaa4f6ed9e
