Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid

Object Details

• Provenance

  Max Loehr (1903–1988) Munich, Germany, then Ann Arbor, Michigan, then Boston, Massachusetts [1]

  To 1964

  Frank Caro Chinese Art, New York, NY [2]

  1964 to 1987

  Arthur M. Sackler, New York, NY, purchased from Frank Caro on August 27, 1984 [3]

  From 1987

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler in 1987 [4]

  Notes:

  [1] According to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009. Max Loehr was an art historian who specialized in Chinese Art. He held positions at the Museum of Five Continents in Munich, the Sino German Center for Research Promotion in Beijing, Tsinghua University in Beijing, the University of Michigan, and at Harvard University.

  [2] See Jade List, December 6, 1965, prepared by Frank Caro Chinese Art for Arthur M. Sackler, copy in object file. According to information provided by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, October 9, 2009, Arthur M.

  Sackler purchased the jade in December 1965.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. 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.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Max Loehr (1903-1988)

  Frank Caro Chinese Art (1962-1980)

  Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Ceremonial Object

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  BCE 0s

• Name

  Frank Caro Chinese Art, Sackler, Arthur M., Loehr, Max

• Place

  China

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Ceremonial objects