H x W x D: 5.5 x 6.6 x 0.7 cm (2 1/8 x 2 5/8 x 5/16 in)
Culture:
Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE Search this
Type:
Jewelry and Ornament
Origin:
Lake Tai region, China
Date:
ca. 3300-2250 BCE
Period:
Late Neolithic period
Description:
Ornament; small rounded plaque with straight base; obverse slightly convex; reverse slightly concave with three double perforations; mottled olive green and yellowish tan; profuse white incrustation; decoration: carved in low relief, a stylized face worn smooth, with only the eyes and mouth discernible.
Acquired with a box, now lost.
Provenance:
Purportedly found at Anxi, Zhejiang [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. 1320, p. 302, 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
Exhibition History:
Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes (November 20, 2010 to January 3, 2016)
Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)
Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
Previous custodian or owner:
You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)
