Medium:

Jade (nephrite)

Dimensions:

Diam x D: 17.5 × 0.7 cm (6 7/8 × 1/4 in)

Diam (Hole): 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in)

Type:

Ceremonial Object

Origin:

China

Date:

475-221 BCE

Period:

Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States 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, NY, 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. 1172, p. 270, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

[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)

Previous custodian or owner:

Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)  Search this

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Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1917.85

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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