Object Details
- Previous custodian or owner
- Wu Collection
- C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)
- Provenance
- Wu collection, Tianjin [1]
- From at least 1937 to 1939
- C.T. Loo & Company, Paris and New York from at least March 1937 [2]
- From 1939
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C.T. Loo & Company on
- November 30, 1939 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] According to information in C. T. Loo's Approval memorandum, dated November 6, 1939, in object file.
- [2] See C. T. Loo's stockcard no. LAP 5655: "Brownish jade in the form of a thin pillar, head etched in center. Han," C.T. Loo & Frank Caro Archive, Musée Guimet, Paris, copy in object file. According to information on the stockcard, the object was shipped to Paris in March 1937 and returned to New York in November 1938; in September 1939 it was offered to Mr. McKim; on November 6, 1939 it was shipped to the Freer Gallery.
- [3] See C. T. Loo's invoice, dated November 30, 1939, copy in object file.
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Culture
- Shijiahe culture, ca. 2500-ca. 2000 BCE
- ca. 2500 - 2000 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic period
- Accession Number
- F1939.54
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Jade
- Jewelry and Ornament
- Medium
- Jade (nephrite)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7.3 × 3.2 × 0.6 cm (2 7/8 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 in)
- Origin
- Hubei province, Middle Yangzi valley, China
- 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
- On View
- Freer Gallery 19: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)
- mask
- China
- Chinese Art
- nephrite
- carving
- WWII-era provenance
- Record ID
- fsg_F1939.54
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3ed802f6d-89d6-4ffe-8400-1b4d65a999f1
