Ivory Throne Leg

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1907

  Spink & Son Ltd., London, to 1907 [1]

  From 1907 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Spink & Son Ltd. in 1907 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 933, 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

• Exhibition History

  Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)

  At the Margins (June 4 to November 30, 1997)

  South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

  The Arts of South Asia (May 13, 1985 to December 2, 1985)

  The Ramayana (July 18, 1983 to April 15, 1984)

  Hindu and Buddhist Art (April 1, 1982 to July 18, 1983)

  Hindu and Buddhist Art (January 28, 1981 to September 24, 1981)

  Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Spink & Son Ltd. (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Orissa, India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Furniture and Furnishing

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Spink & Son Ltd.

• Place

  Orissa, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Cats, Art, Hermit, Animals, Eastern Ganga dynasty (700 - 1299), Elephants

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Tax Class

  Mammalia

• Tax Order

  Proboscidea

• Tax Family

  Elephantidae

• Tax Phylum

  Chordata

• Common Name

  Elephants

• Object Type

  Furniture, Furnishings

• Tax Kingdom

  Animalia