Sanxingdui culture, ca. 2000-ca. 1000 BCE Search this
Type:
Ceremonial Object
Origin:
Sichuan Province, China
Date:
ca. 2000-1000 BCE
Period:
Late Neolithic period
Description:
Large perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; of slate-colored material completely colored with a chalky coating stained from cream to warm tan; a structural cutting defect on one surface and some unevenness in contour.
Acquired with a box, now lost.
Provenance:
Reportedly excavated in Loyang, Honan [1]
To 1919
You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [2]
1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York, in 1919 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
[2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1410, pg. 332, 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)
Previous custodian or owner:
You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)
