Tapered pendant

Object Details

• Description

  Pendant; in form of slender four-sided stylus, tapering to a pointed top with a small perforation; translucent, yellow green with golden brown streaks and veinings, dark brown at both ends; decoration: incised, horizontal lines at either end of each plane.

  Acquired with a box, now lost.

• Provenance

  To 1917

  Tonying and Company, New York to 1917 [1]

  From 1917 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tonying and Company, New York in 1917 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1077, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. By at least 1917, Tonying and Company maintained business locations in Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, London, and New York, NY.

  [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

  Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Lake Tai region, China

• Culture

  Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Jewelry and Ornament

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  BCE 2000s, BCE 3000s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Tonying and Company

• Place

  Lake Tai region, China

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE), Carving, Chinese Art, Pendant, Nephrite, Jade

• Culture

  Chinese, Liangzhu culture

• Object Type

  Ornaments, Jewelry