Tubular handle with feline and raised linked curls

Object Details

Provenance: To 1930; C. T. Loo & Company, New York to 1930 [1]; From 1930; Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in 1930 [2]; Notes:; [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.; [2] See note 1.
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History: Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987); Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983); Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981); Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981); Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963); Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957); Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955); Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956); Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946); Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944); Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943); Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)
Previous custodian or owner: C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

Related Online Resources: Google Cultural Institute; Jades for Life and Death
See more items in: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Topic: jade; nephrite; tiger; Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE); Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE); China; Chinese Art

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f93cd873-9a31-46ad-97be-bd955b5f1c61