H x W x D: 18.3 x 4.3 x 0.9 cm (7 3/16 x 1 11/16 x 3/8 in)
Type:
Ceremonial Object
Origin:
Northwest China
Date:
ca. 5000-ca. 1700 BCE
Period:
Late Neolithic period
Provenance:
To 1917
Li Wenqing (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [1]
From 1917 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing, in New York, in 1917 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1120, pg. 250, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher no. 12, January 1917.
[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)
Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
Previous custodian or owner:
Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)
