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Catalog Data

Medium:
Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions:
Diam x D: 14.5 × 0.4 cm (5 11/16 × 1/8 in)
Diam (hole): 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in)
Type:
Ceremonial Object
Origin:
China
Date:
206 BCE-9 CE
Period:
Western Han dynasty
Provenance:
To 1959
Abel William Bahr (1877–1959), Shanghai, China; London, England; Montreal, Canada; New York, NY; and Ridgefield, Connecticut [1]
From 1959 to 1963
Edna Bahr (1907–1986) by inheritance upon the death of Abel William Bahr [2]
From 1963 to 1987
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, New York, NY, purchased from the Bahr Collection in 1963 [3]
From 1987
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [4]
Notes:
[1] According to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009.
[2] Edna Bahr inherited upon the death of her father, Abel William Bahr. Edna Bahr divided the collection, making gifts to museums and selling to private collectors. She sold several pieces to Arthur M. Sackler in 1963.
[3] See #123: “Disk with center opening. White stained red yellow and brown; Center field of hexagonal dots in relief, bound in narrow engraved rope designs,” on list provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009, copy in object file.
[4] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution, dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987.
Collection:
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Exhibition History:
In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual Objects from China (September 28, 1987 to January 1, 1989)
Previous custodian or owner:
Abel William Bahr (1877-1959)
Edna H. Bahr (1907-1986)
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)
Topic:
jade  Search this
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Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)  Search this
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Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1987.463
Restrictions & Rights:
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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/ye3af34cc64-b132-4b0e-9356-ec3faff53c59
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S1987.463