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Catalog Data

Medium:
Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 7.7 × 5.5 × 0.9 cm (3 1/16 × 2 3/16 × 3/8 in)
Type:
Ceremonial Object
Origin:
China
Date:
20th century
Period:
Forgery in the style of Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period
Provenance:
To 1916
Lai Yuan and Company, New York, to 1916 [1]
From 1916 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854–1919), purchased from Lai Yuan and Company in 1916 [2]
From 1920
The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 888, p. 195, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[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.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)
Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
Previous custodian or owner:
Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
jade  Search this
nephrite  Search this
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)  Search this
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)  Search this
forgery  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1916.151
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye34b319011-c5fb-427b-9080-4cf718c59748
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1916.151