Spoon

Object Details

• Provenance

  Reportedly excavated at Gaeseong, Hwanghaebuk-do province, Korea [1]

  To 1917

  Mr. S. Yamanaka (Yamanaka & Company), Kyoto, to 1917 [2]

  From 1917 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mr. S. Yamanaka, through Yamanaka & Company, New York 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 4, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record. See also, F1917.306.2a-f, Curatorial Remark 1, Louise Cort, July 6, 2010, in the object record.

  [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1271, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. For further details regarding the gift, see F1917.306.2a-f, Curatorial Remark 2, 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

  Tool and Equipment

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  Korea

• Topic

  Bronze, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Joseon period (1392 - 1910), Korean Art, Metal-work

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Tools and equipment