Sword-hilt with ring pommel containing a phoenix head

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1911

  Morita, Nara, to 1911 [1]

  From 1911 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Morita in 1911 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 299, 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

  Japanese Art--Shinto (October 12, 1976 to December 10, 1976)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Morita (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Weapon and Armament

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  200s, 500s

• Name

  Morita, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Gilding, Bronze, Kofun (Tumulus) Period (250 - 552), Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Sculpture, Japanese Art, Phoenix, Metal-work

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Weapons, Armor (protective wear)