Flanged bracelet

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Period
ca. 1300-1050 BCE -
Geography
probably Sichuan province, China -
Material
Jade (nephrite) -
Dimension
Diam x D: 11.7 x 0.4 cm (4 5/8 x 3/16 in) -
Accession Number
S1987.654 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_S1987.654
Object Details
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Description
Disk with open center, projecting inner rim; opaque tan with some semitranslucent areas. (Calcified almost entirely; minor deposits.)(Jenny F. So, Jade Project Database, entered March 25, 2009) Opaque warm/golden ivory white with incrustations of cinnabar. Unlike other collared disks in collection, edges of collar are rounded off and smooth (later re-finishing?), so that they appear unusually low. -
Previous custodian or owner
J.T. Tai & Co. (established in 1950)Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) -
Provenance
To 1964J. T. Tai & Co., New York, New York [1]From 1964 to 1987Arthur M. Sackler, New York, purchased from J. T. Tai & Co., New York, New York in 1964 [2]From 1987Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [3]Notes:[1] J. T. Tai's stockcard no. YT-1007, according to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation on October 9, 2009.[2] See note 1.[3] Pursuant to the agreement between Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987. -
Origin
probably Sichuan province, China -
Credit Line
Gift of Arthur M. Sackler -
Type
Jewelry and Ornament -
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