Medium:

Jade (nephrite)

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 1.6 x 8.6 cm (5/8 x 3 3/8 in)

Diam (hole): 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in)

Type:

Jade

Jewelry and Ornament

Origin:

Lake Tai region, China

Date:

ca. 5000-1700 BCE

Period:

Late Neolithic period

Previous custodian or owner:

Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

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

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Provenance:

Reportedly excavated in Shensi [1]

Duanfang (1861-1911) [2]

To 1917

You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [3]

From 1917 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in 1917 [4]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [5]

Notes:

[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record states: "Said to have been excavated in Shensi, and to have belonged to the Viceroy Tuan Fang."

[2] See note 1.

[3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1327, pg. 304, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[4] See note 3.

[5] 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.

Topic:

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

China  Search this

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nephrite  Search this

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1917.387

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

Jades for Life and Death

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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