Medium:

Jade (nephrite)

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 6.1 x 15.1 x 0.5 cm (2 3/8 x 5 15/16 x 3/16 in)

Type:

Jewelry and Ornament

Origin:

Probably Jincun, Henan province, China

Date:

475-221 BCE

Period:

Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

Provenance:

To 1932

C. T. Loo and Company, New York, NY, to 1932 [1]

From 1932

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo and Company, New York, NY, in 1932 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file, undated Folder Sheet note.

[2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)

Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)

Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)

Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)

Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)

Previous custodian or owner:

C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

Topic:

dragon  Search this

Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)  Search this

Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1932.43

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

Jades for Life and Death

See more items in:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye392a2fbea-7258-450e-afed-ed43d334b7de

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1932.43