Lunette

Object Details

• Description

  Lunette: engraved design on obverse in very low relief; three figures, a Taoist triad, placed within interlacing floral scrolls. Two characters beneath central figure. Border raised; incised floral design. Limestone. Color, dark grey with golden-brown patina (?). Broken. Repaired.

• Previous custodian or owner

  C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

• Provenance

  To 1924

  C. T. Loo & Company, New York. [1]

  From 1924

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in July 1924. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Freer Gallery of Art accession file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Sculpture

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  700s

• Name

  C.T. Loo & Company

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Daoism, Laozi, Chinese Art, Tang dynasty (618 - 907), Flowers

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Sculpture