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Period
206 BCE-220 CE -
Geography
China -
Material
Bronze with gilding -
Dimension
H x W: 15.5 x 16 cm (6 1/8 x 6 5/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1968.49a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1968.49a-b
Object Details
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Provenance
From at least 1908Duanfang (1861-1911) [1]From at least 1967 to 1968Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC and Mt. Kisco, NY, from at least 1967 [2]From 1968Freer Gallery of Art, given by Agnes E. Meyer in 1968 [3]Notes:[1] The bronze is included in Duanfang’s catalogue of his bronze collection, originally published in 1908, see Duanfang, Taozhai ji jin lu (Shanghai gu ji chu ban she, 1995), p. 6:59a. Duanfang was a late Qing dynasty government official and a well known collector of Chinese art. For the discussion of Duanfang’s collection see Thomas Lawton, A Time of Transition: Two Collectors of Chinese Art (Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 1991), pp. 5-45.[2] The object is included in Agnes E. Meyer’s Deed of Gift, listed as no. 33 in the document’s Annex, dated July 24, 1967, copy in object file.[3] See Agnes E. Meyer’s Deed of Gift, cited in note 2. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Previous custodian or owner
Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer ((1875-1959) and (1887-1970)) -
Origin
China -
Credit Line
Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer -
Type
Furniture and Furnishing -
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