Object Details
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co.
- Provenance
- To 1936
- Yamanaka and Company, Boston. [1]
- From 1936
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, Boston. [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
- [2] See note 1.
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date
- ca. first half 11th century BCE
- Accession Number
- F1936.6a-b
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Topic
- dragon
- elephant
- Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
- Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)
- casting
- wine
- mask
- China
- Chinese Art
- WWII-era provenance
- Origin
- Middle Yangzi Valley, China
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 17.2 x 10.7 x 21.4 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/16 x 8 7/16 in)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Metalwork
- Vessel
- Record ID
- fsg_F1936.6a-b
- Metadata Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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