Sword scabbard slide with knobs

Object Details

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. Paul Singer (1904-1997)

• Provenance

  To 1997

  Paul Singer (1904-1997), Summit, New Jersey [1]

  From 1997

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, bequeathed by Paul Singer [2]

  Notes:

  [1] The collection of Chinese art and antiquities assembled by Paul Singer over time was purchased by him on behalf of Arthur M. Sackler, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities, and later transferred to the children of Arthur M. Sackler.

  [2] Upon Paul Singer’s death in January 1997, his collection was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery by order of the Executors of the Estate under a loan agreement signed on February 1997. Shortly thereafter, the Sackler Gallery was vested with full ownership and title to the collection in full agreement by the Sackler Foundations and Sackler family members. The formal accession of the Singer collection was completed in 2012.

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; a joint gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Paul Singer, the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, and the Children of Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Weapon and Armament

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 0s

• Name

  Singer, Paul

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE), Chinese Art, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Weapons, Armor (protective wear)