Bracelet
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Object Details
- Description
- Bracelet; rounded outer surface; translucent, ice green with one dark tan area, scattered areas of smooth, white decomposition; white veinings and frosting of incipient disintegration over all surfaces. (Numerous old chips and cracked areas.)
- Acquired with a box, now lost.
- Provenance
- To 1919
- You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [1]
- 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York, in 1919 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1426, pg. 340, 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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes (November 20, 2010 to January 3, 2016)
- 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 Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
- Previous custodian or owner
- You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Culture
- Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE
- Songze culture, ca. 4000-2500 BCE
- ca. 3500-2700 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic period
- Accession Number
- F1919.48
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Jewelry and Ornament
- Medium
- Jade (nephrite)
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 1.8 x 8.5 cm (3/4 x 3 5/16 in)
- Diam (hole): 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in)
- Origin
- Lake Tai region, China
- On View
- Freer Gallery 19: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Jades for Life and Death
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- carving
- jade
- nephrite
- Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)
- China
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1919.48
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c7b0d34e-2d7c-4f79-9e8d-4f305e8ad9ec
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