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:
Bracelet; flat sides and rounded rim; richly mottled yellow, red brown, and orange brown with grayish film of incipient disintegration, especially noticeable on interior; cutting irregularities and saw marks. (Old pitted and cracked area on one side.)
Acquired with an inscribed box, now lost.
Provenance:
Reportedly excavated at An-hsi, Chekiang [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] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record states: "Formerly in the collection of the Viceroy Tuan Fang, and said to have been excavated at An-hsi, Chekiang."
[2] See note 1.
[3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1427, pg. 340, 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
Exhibition History:
Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
Previous custodian or owner:
Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)
You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)
