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Catalog Data

Medium:
Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 3.3 × 1.1 cm (1 5/16 × 7/16 in)
Culture:
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:
Bead; long, cylindrical, with longitudinal perforation; semitranslucent, mottled gray and brown; perforation and proportions irregular. (Slightly chipped.) One of a set: F1914.126 and F1914.127.
Provenance:
To 1914
Huang Zhonghui (circa 1870- after 1923), to 1914 [1]
From 1914 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Huang Zhonghui, in New York, in 1914 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5687, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[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:
Huang Zhonghui 黃中慧 (ca. 1870-after 1923) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
carving  Search this
jade  Search this
nephrite  Search this
Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1914.127
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/ye3719484d7-4e13-4eeb-815e-5430b99cce75
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1914.127