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Creative CommonsAt A Glance
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Period
ca. 1250-ca. 1050 BCE -
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China -
Material
Jade (nephrite) -
Dimension
H x W x D: 18 × 2.3 × 0.8 cm (7 1/16 × 7/8 × 5/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1915.234 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1915.234
Object Details
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Description
Handle; dagger shaped; semitranslucent, cream white with gray areas on one side; slight earth incrustations; decoration: incised lines. (End broken and cracked.)Acquired with a box, now lost. -
Provenance
To 1915Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), Shanghai, China, London, England, Montreal, Canada, New York, New York, and Ridgefield, Connecticut to 1915 [1]From 1915 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr in 1915 [2]From 1920The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 761, pg. 168, 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 -
Exhibition History
Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981) -
Previous custodian or owner
Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Anyang, probably Henan province, China -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Ceremonial Object -
Restrictions and Rights
CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)
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