Four pendants in the form of faceted rings

Object Details

• Description

  Four small Chinese glass rings; three in good condition, one considerably decomposed.

• Provenance

  From 1935–37 to 1991

  John Hadley Cox (1913–2005), Las Vegas, Nevada. [1]

  From 1991

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John Hadley Cox, Las Vegas, Nevada. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] The rings were excavated by the donor outside the North Gate at Changsha between September 1935 and August 1937. See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

  [2] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

• Origin

  Changsha or kingdom of Chu, Possibly Hunan province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

• Type

  Jewelry and Ornament

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  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 0s

• Name

  Cox, John Hadley

• Place

  Hunan province, China, kingdom of Chu, Changsha

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Ornaments, Jewelry