- Provenance
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Probably unearthed in Huoqiu (in the modern province of Anhui). [1]
To 1924
Orvar Karlbeck. [2]From 1924
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Orvar Karlbeck. [3]Notes:
[1] See item X83, pg. 56 in “Part IV, List 2: A Complete List of Objects in the Bishop Collection” from Sarah L. Newmeyer’s Interim Report (1976), copy in the Carl Whiting Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office. Also refer to Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file for location.
[2] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.
[3] Curatorial Remark 2 and 6 in the object record. The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection (Bishop Collection) to the permanent collection in August 8, 1974. Also see note 1.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Orvar Karlbeck 1879-1967
- 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. 20, p. 58.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
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