Tomb figure of a seated qilin
date: label: Date
content: early 8th century
label: Period
content: Tang dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: A Ch'i-lin; modeled hollow. Left foreleg broken and repaired.
label: Description
content: Clay: soft, pinkish-white.
label: Description
content: Glaze: pale greenish, finely crackled; lower body unglazed.
label: Description
content: Decoration: a curved horn between the eyes; a corrugated ornament down the back.
label: Provenance
content: To 1909
label: Provenance
content: Ta Ge Chung, Beijing, to 1909 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1909 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Chung in 1909 [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 Pottery List, L. 1996, 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: Ta Ge Chung (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: qilin
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: F1909.326
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 28.5 x 16.7 cm (11 1/4 x 6 9/16 in)