Medium:

Jade (nephrite)

Dimensions:

H x W: 18.1 x 3.6 cm (7 1/8 x 1 7/16 in)

Type:

Jewelry and Ornament

Origin:

China

Date:

475-221 BCE

Period:

Eastern Zhou dynasty

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. 884, pg. 193, 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:

Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1916.147

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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