Ritual vessel (<em>huo</em>) in the form of a bird
date: label: Date
content: 3rd century BCE
label: Period
content: Eastern Zhou or Western Han dynasty, Warring States period
notes: label: Description
content: Ceremonial vessel of the type "huo."
label: Description
content: Surface: lustrous olive-brown patina with areas of a dull red incrustation.
label: Description
content: Decoration: in relief and incised.
label: Provenance
content: To 1911
label: Provenance
content: Samurai Shokai, Yokohama, to 1911 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1911 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Samurai Shokai in 1911 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 220, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Samurai Shokai (founded 1894) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: casting
label: Topic
content: incising
label: Topic
content: metal
label: Topic
content: bronze
label: Topic
content: bird
label: Topic
content: dragon
label: Topic
content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
label: Topic
content: Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)
label: Topic
content: man
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1911.630a-d
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 28.3 x 29.9 cm (11 1/8 x 11 3/4 in)