Tally in the form of a tiger (fragment)
Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1916
- You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [1]
- From 1916 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York in 1916 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1063, 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
- You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (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
- F1916.482a-c
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Tool and Equipment
- Medium
- Bronze with silver inlay
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7.1 x 2.6 cm (2 13/16 x 1 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_F1916.482a-c
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3055778a1-84ad-462e-a66e-a2ee8e5d280f
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