Disk (bi) with raised linked curls

Object Details

• Description

  Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧. Areas of translucent golden tan almost covered with opaque cream and tan coating of decomposition. Decoration: in low relief and incised, grain pattern on both sides in interlocked concentric rows of spirals. (Rim slightly chipped.)

• Provenance

  To 1932

  C. T. Loo and Company, New York, NY, to 1932 [1]

  From 1932

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo and Company, New York, NY, in 1932 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated Folder Sheet note.

  [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)

  Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)

  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 Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)

  Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)

• Previous custodian or owner

  C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

• Origin

  Jincun, probably Henan province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Ceremonial Object

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Date

  BCE 0s

• Name

  C.T. Loo & Company

• Place

  China, Jincun, Henan province

• Topic

  Art, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE), Carving, Chinese Art, Nephrite, Incising, Jade, Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Ceremonial objects