Helmet
date: label: Date
content: 206 BCE-220 CE
label: Period
content: Han dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Helmet. Patches of green patina and earthy incrustations.
label: Provenance
content: To 1925
label: Provenance
content: Peter Johannes Bahr (died circa 1928), Shanghai, purchased from an unidentified dealer, to 1925 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1925
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Peter Johannes Bahr, through Carl Whiting Bishop, in 1925 [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] The object was said to have been bought by Mr. Bahr from a dealer who claimed it was found near Ling-pao, Honan (see Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record).
label: Provenance
content: [2] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office. Also see Original Bishop List, No. B-15, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Peter Johannes Bahr (1882-1929)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: casting
label: Topic
content: metal
label: Topic
content: bronze
label: Topic
content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection
setName: label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1925.13
objectType: label: Type
content: Weapon and Armament
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 20.1 x 19.6 x 23.1 cm (7 15/16 x 7 11/16 x 9 1/8 in)