- Provenance
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Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (1871-1941), New York and "The Chimneys," Sands Point, Port Washington, Long Island. [1]
From at least 1943 to 1948
Tonying & Company, New York from at least 1943. [2]From 1948
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying & Company, New York on December 8, 1948. [3]Notes:
[1] According to an undated and unattributed note in the object file.
[2] The object was brought to the Freer Gallery for examination by C. F. Yau in 1943, see letter from A. G. Wenley to C. F .Yau, Tonying & Company, dated December 6, 1948, copy in object file.
[3] See Tonying & Company’s invoice, dated December 8, 1948, in which the object figures under no. B. 165-1: “Bronze Belt Hook, inlaid with turquoise and gold / Han,” copy in object file.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Mrs. Christian R. Holmes 1871-1941
Tonying and Company established 1902
- Published References
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- Thomas Lawton. Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Continuity, 480-222 B.C. Washington, 1982-1983. cat. 50, p. 100.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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