Cong-shaped bead
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Period
ca. 3300-2250 BCE -
Geography
Lake Tai region, China -
Material
Jade (nephrite) -
Dimension
H x W x D: 2.8 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm (1 1/8 × 7/16 × 7/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1916.761 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1916.761
Object Details
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Description
Miniture ts’ung [cong] 琮; bead in form of miniature squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; mottled yellow and brown; decoration: short horizontal grooves at edges; high luster. (Old chip on edge.) One of a set of nine; see F1916.384 and F1916.759–766.Acquired with a box, now lost. -
Provenance
To 1916Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]From 1916 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang in 1916 [2]From 1920The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1026 D, pg. 223, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object is one of a group of nine beads that were purchased together (F1916.384 and F1916.759- .766).[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. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Previous custodian or owner
Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (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
Jewelry and Ornament -
Restrictions and Rights
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