Bracelet
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Period
ca. 3500-2700 BCE -
Geography
Lake Tai region, China -
Material
Jade (nephrite) -
Dimension
H x Diam: 1.8 x 8.5 cm (3/4 x 3 5/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1919.48 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1919.48
Object Details
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Description
Bracelet; rounded outer surface; translucent, ice green with one dark tan area, scattered areas of smooth, white decomposition; white veinings and frosting of incipient disintegration over all surfaces. (Numerous old chips and cracked areas.)Acquired with a box, now lost. -
Provenance
To 1919You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [1]1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York, in 1919 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1426, pg. 340, 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 -
Exhibition History
Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes (November 20, 2010 to January 3, 2016)Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943) -
Previous custodian or owner
You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Lake Tai region, China -
Culture
Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCESongze culture, ca. 4000-2500 BCE -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Jewelry and Ornament -
On View
Freer Gallery 19: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades -
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