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Catalog Data

Medium:
Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions:
Diam x D: 7.9 x 0.8 cm (3 1/8 x 5/16 in)
Diam (hole): 2.3 cm (7/8 in)
Type:
Ceremonial Object
Origin:
China
Date:
ca. 1600-ca. 1050 BCE
Period:
Probably Shang dynasty
Description:
Small perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; semitranslucent, mottled greenish and brownish yellow; a beveled area on rim, one long crack.
(Jenny F. So, Jade Project Database) Evenly round and quite evenly thick. Mottled greenish brownish material; see F1917.81. Conical hole (?), drilled off center, now polished smooth and straight.
Provenance:
To 1912
Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), London, to 1912 [1]
From 1912 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, London, in 1912 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 362, pg. 106, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.
[2] See note 1.
[3] 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:
Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
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Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1912.44
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
Jades for Life and Death
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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/ye3c670907d-821b-426d-a2b0-d54ccaa7efba
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1912.44