Medium:

Jade

Dimensions:

H x W (overall): 2.6 x 1 cm (1 x 3/8 in)

Type:

Jewelry and Ornament

Origin:

China

Date:

1644-1911

Period:

Qing dynasty

Description:

Bead (a), cylindrical, with a longitudinal perforation; color: mottled brown, yellow, and gray. Bead (b), small, round; perforated; color: buff yellow

Provenance:

To 1914

Huang Zhonghui (circa 1870- after 1923), to 1914 [1]

From 1914 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Huang Zhonghui, in New York, in 1914 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5687, pg. 8, 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

Previous custodian or owner:

Huang Zhonghui 黃中慧 (ca. 1870-after 1923) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1914.132a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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