Girdle ornament in form of tortoise

Object Details

• Provenance

  Reportedly excavated at Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do province, Korea [1]

  To 1917

  Yamanaka and Company, Japan or New York to 1917 [2]

  From 1917 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka and Company in 1917 [3]

  From 1920

  The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

  Notes:

  [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company (see Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in the object record).

  [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1270, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 2, E. Radcliffe, 1976, in the object record, "The carbon copy of the Original Registration List states this object was purchased from Yamanaka and Company, Japan." See also, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in the object record.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] 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)

• Origin

  Korea

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Jewelry and Ornament

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1890s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  Korea

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Joseon period (1392 - 1910), Carving, Korean Art, Incising, Tortoise, Stone

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Ornaments, Jewelry