Rein fastener with elephants and jingles
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Object Details
- Provenance
- From at least 1964 to ?
- Hosokawa Moritatsu, Tokyo, Japan. [1]
- To 1997
- Dr. Paul Singer (1904-1997), Summit, New Jersey. [2]
- From 1997 to 1999
- In the custody of Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC [3]
- From 1999
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Paul Singer, the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, and the Children of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler. [4]
- Notes:
- [1] According to notes from Thomas Lawton, the object was in the collection of Hosokawa Moritatsu when it was published in 1964 in Umehara Sueji, Inkyo (Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1964), pl. 45:2. See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.
- [2] See object record.
- [3] Between 1997 and 1999, The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art was in the custody of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington DC
- [4] See “The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art Gift Agreement” from March 1999, Collections Management Office. The object was formally accessioned into the museum’s permanent collection in 2012. See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Exhibition History
- Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)
- Resound: Ancient Bells of China (October 14, 2017 - July 5, 2021)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Hosokawa Moritatsu
- Dr. Paul Singer (1904-1997)
- 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
- ca. 1250-1050 BCE
- Period
- Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
- Accession Number
- S2012.9.612
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Tool and Equipment
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 37.4 × 5.7 × 9 cm (14 3/4 × 2 1/4 × 3 9/16 in)
- Origin
- Anyang, probably Henan province, China
- On View
- Sackler Gallery 24c: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- casting
- metal
- bronze
- elephant
- Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)
- China
- Chinese Art
- The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Record ID
- fsg_S2012.9.612
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye33690dbdc-02ca-4f97-87cd-bf32a1d48bb0
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