Funerary model of a twin-towered gate
date: label: Date
content: 50 BCE-50 CE
label: Period
content: Han dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Funerary model of a twin-towered gate, in one piece. Broken areas. Hollow tomb tile.
label: Description
content: Clay: Slate-gray earthenware, fine texture.
label: Description
content: Glaze: None.
label: Description
content: Decoration: Impressed low relief (stamped and with some carved and incised details), figures in high relief. Motifs include geometrical forms, t'ao-t'ieh masks, trees, buildings, horsemen. Back has all-over stamped lozenges pattern.
label: Provenance
content: To 1923
label: Provenance
content: Tung Kee Curio Shop, Zhengzhou, Henan, China [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1923
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Tung Kee Curio Shop, Zhengzhou, Henan, China in July 8th, 1923 [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1. Also see the Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Tung Kee Curio Shop
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)
label: Topic
content: funerary
label: Topic
content: tomb
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: stoneware
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: F1923.18
objectType: label: Type
content: Model
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Unglazed earthenware
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 90.1 x 26.7 x 66 cm (35 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 26 in)