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Disk (bi 璧)

Detail of a pattern

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At A Glance

Period

ca. 3300-2250 BCE
Geography

Lake Tai region, China
Material

Jade (nephrite)
Dimension

Diam x D: 20.5 x 1.2 cm (8 1/16 x 1/2 in)
Accession Number

F1916.502
EDAN ID

edanmdm:fsg_F1916.502

Object Details

Provenance

Possibly excavated in Chekiang [1]

To 1916

You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [2]

From 1916 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York in 1916 [3]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

Notes:

[1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, this object was "said to have been excavated in Chekiang."

[2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1048, pg. 234, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[3] See note 2.

[4] 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.
Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner

You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Origin

Lake Tai region, China
Culture

Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE
Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Type

Ceremonial Object
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Date

BCE 2000s, BCE 3000s
Name

Freer, Charles Lang, You, Xiaoxi
Place

Lake Tai region, China
Topic

Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE), Chinese Art, Nephrite, Jade
Culture

Chinese, Liangzhu culture
Object Type

Ceremonial objects