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Catalog Data

Medium:
Jade
Dimensions:
Diam x D: 15.7 x 1 cm (6 3/16 x 3/8 in)
Type:
Ceremonial Object
Origin:
China
Date:
1644-1911
Period:
Qing dynasty
Provenance:
Reportedly excavated in Sianfu, Shensi [1]
Duanfang (1861-1911) [2]
To 1919
You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai to 1919 [3]
1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York in 1919 [4]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [5]
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record: "Formerly in the collection of the Viceroy Tuan Fang and said to have been excavated at Sianfu, Shensi, early in the 20th century."
[2] See note 1.
[3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1405, pg. 330, 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.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
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)
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Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1919.26
Restrictions & Rights:
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b94b63b9-7cbe-4ab0-a015-a5924fb01fd8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1919.26