Base with dragons

Object Details

• Provenance

  From at least 1908

  Duanfang (1861-1911) [1]

  From at least 1967 to 1968

  Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC and Mt. Kisco, NY, from at least 1967 [2]

  From 1968

  Freer 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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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 0s, 200s

• Name

  Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E., Duanfang

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Gilding, Bronze, Art, Sculpture, Chinese Art, Dragon, Metal-work, Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Furniture, Furnishings