Object Details
- Description
- An ornament of reddish nephrite shading to gray green; somewhat translucent; one surface decorated with low relief mostly linear; four holes for attachment.
- Label
- Exceptional workmanship defines this human face wearing a twisted rope or fabric headband. His long hair ends in upturned curls, and circular earrings hang from his ears. Four sets of tiny drilled holes presumably were used to fasten this ornament to fabric. Creating those holes required precise control and tiny drill points, a noteworthy achievement of the Shijiahe culture.
- 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.
- 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 Jades (May 9, 1993 to May 18, 1998)
- Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
- Chinese Bronze, Jade, Marble (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1945 (January 9, 1945 to August 20, 1955)
- 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)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Wu Collection
- C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- mask
- China
- Chinese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1939.54
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3ed802f6d-89d6-4ffe-8400-1b4d65a999f1
