Funerary model of a gate
date: label: Date
content: 100 BCE-100 CE
label: Period
content: Han dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Hollow tomb tile. Funerary model of a gate in three parts, a center section between 2 towers, all with simulated tile roof.
label: Description
content: Clay: slate-gray earthenware, fine texture.
label: Description
content: Glaze: none
label: Description
content: Decoration: impressed with dies or stamps with a variety of geometric motifs and a large ram's head in high relief near base of center section.
label: Provenance
content: To 1923
label: Provenance
content: Tung Kee Curio Shop, Zhengzhou, Henan [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 in July 8th 1923 [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Curatorial Remark 2 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: 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: F1923.20a-c
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 (assembled): 77 × 92.5 × 25.5 cm (30 5/16 × 36 7/16 × 10 1/16 in)