Four Directions Mirror

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1957

  Private collector. [1]

  From 1957

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from private collector through J. T. Tai & Co., New York, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] In a letter from Jun Tsei Tai to the Freer Gallery of Art from January 30, 1957, J. T. Tai writes that the mirror "... belonged to a friend of mine, not me." See object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Daoism in the Arts in China (December 16, 2006 to July 1, 2007)

  Beyond Paper: Chinese Calligraphy on Objects (August 18, 1994 to July 3, 1997)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Private Collection

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Mirror

• Restrictions and Rights

  Usage Conditions Apply

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  700s, 1200s

• Name

  Private Collection

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Bronze, Art, Song dynasty (960 - 1279), Five Sacred Mountains, Sculpture, Chinese Art, Tang dynasty (618 - 907), Rooster, Trigram, Metal-work

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Mirrors