Medium:

Diopside

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 6.9 x 2 x 2 cm (2 11/16 x 13/16 x 13/16 in)

Type:

Jewelry and Ornament

Origin:

China

Date:

1736-1795

Period:

Qing dynasty

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 Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 530, pg. 153, 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 (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 1982)

Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

Previous custodian or owner:

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

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1914.72

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Data Source:

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