Medium:

Jade (nephrite)

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 9.3 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm (3 11/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in)

Culture:

Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE  Search this

Type:

Ceremonial Object

Origin:

Lake Tai region, China

Date:

ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE

Period:

Late Neolithic period

Provenance:

Reportedly excavated from Changtefu in Honan [1]

To 1917

You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [2]

From 1917 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York, in 1917 [3]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

Notes:

[1] According to Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

[2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1307, pg. 296, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[3] See note 2.

[4] 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:

You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

jade  Search this

nephrite  Search this

Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1917.367

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

Jades for Life and Death

See more items in:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye322e75b64-17ab-426e-b684-c176583b4814

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1917.367