- Provenance
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To 1943
Yamanaka & Company, New York, to January 1943 [1]From 1943 to 1948
C. T. Loo & Company, New York, purchased from Yamanaka & Company in January 1943 [2]From 1948
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company on July 14, 1948 [3]Notes:
[1] See C. T. Loo's stockcard no. NYL-43/482: "Jade buckle. Finely carved buckle in a yellowish ivory colour covered with a field of small coils and a finely penciled abstract motif on each side and terminated with horned dragon's head. Late Chou," C. T. Loo & Frank Caro Archive, Musée Guimet, Paris, copy in object file. According to an annotation on the stockcard, the object was purchased from Yamanaka & Company.
[2] See C. T. Loo's stockcard cited in note 1. On June 1, 1944, the object was taken by Loo to the Freer Gallery for examination.
[3] See C. T. Loo's invoice, dated July 14, 1948, copy in object file.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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C.T. Loo & Company 1914-1948
Yamanaka and Co. 1917-1965
- Published References
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- Richard Gump. Jade: Stone of Heaven., 1st ed. Garden City, 1962. p. 133.
- Thomas Lawton. Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Continuity, 480-222 B.C. Washington, 1982-1983. cat. 114, p. 166.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
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