Sword scabbard chape

Object Details

• Provenance

  Reportedly excavated at Xi’an, Shaanxi [1]

  Duanfang (1861–1911) [2]

  To 1919

  You Xiaoxi (late 19th–early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [3]

  1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854–1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York in 1919 [4]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [5]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record states: “Said to have been in the collection of the Viceroy Tuan Fang [Duanfang] and to have been excavated in Sianfu [Xi’an], Shensi [Shaanxi].” However, note that Curatorial Remark 5, William B. Trousdale, 1964, in the object record, states: “This piece is not illustrated in the catalogue of the Tuan Fang [Duanfang] collection (T'ao chai ku yu t’u [Taozhai guyu tu], Shanghai, 1936).”

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1420, p. 337, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [4] See note 3.

  [5] 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

  Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

  You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Weapon and Armament

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  BCE 0s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, You, Xiaoxi, Duanfang

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE), Chinese Art, Nephrite, Jade, Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Weapons, Armor (protective wear)