- Provenance
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To 1959
Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), Shanghai, China, London, England, Montreal, Canada, New York, NY, and Ridgefield, Connecticut [1]From 1963 to 1987
Arthur M. Sackler, New York, purchased from the Bahr Collection in 1963 [2]From 1987
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [3]Notes:
[1] According to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009.
[2] See #20: "Green with light speckles. Ax-shaped. Single pierced hole," on list provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009, copy in object file.
[3] Pursuant to the agreement between Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution, dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987.
- Previous Owner(s)
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Dr. Arthur M. Sackler 1913-1987
Abel William Bahr 1877-1959
- Published References
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- et al. Asian Art in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: The Inaugural Gift. Washington, 1987. cat. 33, p. 77.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Rights Statement
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Copyright with museum