Deer-shaped ornament
date: label: Date
content: 206 BCE-220 CE
label: Period
content: Han dynasty
notes: label: Provenance
content: Reportedly excavated in Shensi [1]
label: Provenance
content: To 1919
label: Provenance
content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [2]
label: Provenance
content: 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York, in 1919 [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Curatorial Remark 5, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record states: "The Envelope File, which has now been destroyed, contained only the following information: 'Excavated at Sianfu, in Shensi.'"
label: Provenance
content: [2] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1447, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See note 2.
label: Provenance
content: [4] 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: You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (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: gilding
label: Topic
content: inlay (process)
label: Topic
content: metal
label: Topic
content: bronze
label: Topic
content: deer
label: Topic
content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)
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: F1919.68
objectType: label: Type
content: Jewelry and Ornament
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze with shell, gilding and turquoise inlay
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 5.2 x 10 cm (2 1/16 x 3 15/16 in)