Plaque with ox head
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Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1916
- Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), London, to 1916 [1]
- From 1916 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, London, in 1916 [2]
- From 1920
- The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 598, pg. 137, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- ca. 1050-221 BCE
- Period
- Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1916.711
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Jewelry and Ornament
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Diam: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in)
- Origin
- China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- casting
- metal
- bronze
- Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 221 BCE)
- Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 771 BCE)
- ox
- mask
- China
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1916.711
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3bb940d55-bac5-4633-aa6b-dec9b8cce50c
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