Model for casting a monster mask
date: label: Date
content: 206 BCE-220 CE
label: Period
content: Han dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: A model (positive) for casting a monster mask in metal; quadrilateral; a post at the back.
label: Description
content: Clay: soft, grayish-white
label: Description
content: Unglazed; sandy earth accumulations.
label: Description
content: Decoration: t'ao-t'ieh design in relief.
label: Provenance
content: To 1918
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1918 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1918 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1918 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 2583, 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: Exhibition History
content: Art and Industry: China’s Houma Foundry (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (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: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)
label: Topic
content: mask
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
setName: label: On View
content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 18: Art and Industry: China's Ancient Houma Foundry
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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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: F1918.144
objectType: label: Type
content: Model
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Unglazed earthenware
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11.1 x 15.8 cm (4 3/8 x 6 1/4 in)