Plaque with a winged horse

Object Details

• Description

  A pair of plaques. Each a thin sheet of gold with a winged horse in repoussé relief; vine patterns in background; surrounding double band of V pattern; fragments of plaster adhering to backs.

• Provenance

  To 1946

  Tonying and Company, New York. [1]

  From 1946

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and Company, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Jewelry and Ornament

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  200s, 500s

• Name

  Tonying and Company

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Period of Division (220 - 589), Repoussé, Gold, Art, Animals, Chinese Art, Horses, Chasing, Metal-work

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Ornaments, Jewelry