Disk (bi 璧)
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Period
ca. 3300-ca. 2350 BCE -
Geography
(purportedly found at) Anxi, Zhejiang province, Lake Tai region, China -
Material
Jade (nephrite) -
Dimension
Diam x D: 11.6 × 0.7 cm (4 9/16 × 1/4 in) -
Accession Number
F1919.34 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1919.34
Object Details
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Description
Perforated disk; some translucent spots, obverse: mottled fawn and dull olive green with whitish areas of incipient disintegration; reverse: fawn colored with traces only of olive green; surface contour uneven; some roughened areas. (Rim chipped.)Acquired with a box, now lost. -
Provenance
Reportedly excavated in An-hsi, Chekiang [1]Wu Dacheng (1835-1902) [2]To 1919You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [3]1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York, in 1919 [4]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [5]Notes:[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record states: "Formerly in the collection of Wu Ta-ch'eng, of Kiangsu, and said to have been excavated at An-hsi, Chekiang."[2] See note 1.[3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1413, pg. 333, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[4] See note 3.[5] 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
Wu Dacheng 吳大澂 (1835-1902)You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
(purportedly found at) Anxi, Zhejiang province, Lake Tai region, China -
Culture
Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Ceremonial Object -
Restrictions and Rights
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