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)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1916.151

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

Jades for Life and Death

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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