Pendants, beads, and gold chain
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Object Details
- Provenance
- Possibly excavated from a tomb of the late Warring States period at Jincun, Henan province, China [1]
- 1930
- C. T. Loo & Company, New York, NY, 1930 [2]
- From 1930
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York, NY in 1930 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Thomas Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Continuity, 480-222 B.C., exhibition cat. (Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1982), pg. 132, cat. no. 77.
- [2] Object file, undated folder sheet. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes (November 20, 2010 to January 3, 2016)
- Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)
- Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)
- Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
- Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
- Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
- Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)
- Previous custodian or owner
- C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- 475-221 BCE
- Period
- Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period
- Accession Number
- F1930.27a-k
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Jewelry and Ornament
- Medium
- Jade (nephrite) and gold
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 42 × 20 cm (16 9/16 × 7 7/8 in)
- H x W x D (a: pendant): 8.5 × 8.3 × 0.7 cm (3 5/16 × 3 1/4 × 1/4 in)
- H x Diam (b: cylindrical bead): 4.6 × 1.5 cm (1 13/16 × 9/16 in)
- Diam (b: hole): 0.3 cm (1/8 in)
- H x Diam (c: cylindrical bead): 2.9 × 1.2 cm (1 1/8 × 7/16 in)
- Diam (c: hole): 0.7 cm (1/4 in)
- H x Diam (d: cylindrical bead): 2.9 × 1.4 cm (1 1/8 × 9/16 in)
- Diam (d: hole): 0.7 cm (1/4 in)
- H x Diam (e: cylindrical bead): 1.5 × 1.4 cm (5/8 × 9/16 in)
- Diam (e: hole): 0.8 cm (5
- Origin
- Probably Jincun, Henan province, China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- carving
- jade
- nephrite
- dragon
- tiger
- Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
- dance
- Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
- woman
- China
- Chinese Art
- wirework
- Record ID
- fsg_F1930.27a-k
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c559317e-9c8f-4685-a6e6-eb0f6d2f2c5d
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