- Provenance
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To 1916
You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [1]From 1916 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York in 1916 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1046, pg. 233, 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.
- Previous Owner(s)
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Charles Lang Freer 1854 - 1919
You Xiaoxi (C.L. Freer source) late 19th-early 20th century
- Description
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Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts'ung [cong] 琮; low form with projecting collar at both ends, one end wider; mottled light and dark gray with scattered spots of brown, reddish brown, and orange; some white surface alteration in interior; decoration: channeled and incised, grooves and corner ridges, circles and linear designs; tool marks on one collar. (One chip.)
- Published References
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- You Xiaoxi, Hsiao-chi Yu in, Chi-Tseng Chang. Masterpieces of Chinese National Art: The Collection of Mr. Seaouke'e Yue. Shanghai, 1916. no. 21.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Jades for Life and Death
- Google Cultural Institute
- Rights Statement
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Copyright with museum