1. Bought through C. T. Loo and Co., New York, from Chang Nai chi [Zhang Naiji] 張乃驥. For price, see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List After 1920.
2. (John Ellerton Lodge, 1939). See Folder F1939.6, Paragraph 2.
3. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Its use unknown to me.
4. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Sp. G. is 2.993. Nephrite.
5. (Elisabeth West Fitzhugh, 1959) The soft white was identified as nephrite by X ray diffraction (Film F869).
6. (William B. Trousdale, 1964) Late Eastern Chou [Zhou] 周, or Warring States period. The Shou Chou [Shou xian] 壽縣 provenance is unverifiable, but reasonable. Each of the three curved, narrow slits which separate the inner from the outer ring shows the remains of a small round boring near one end through which a file, or other tool, was inserted to cut out the slit.
7. (Julia Murray, 1980) See F1939.9.
8. (Thomas Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Continuity, 480--222 B.C. [Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1982], cat. no. 129) Fashioned of opaque white nephrite, the double disk displays a fluted outer ring enclosing a smooth, flat inner disk attached by projections. Each of the three curved narrow slits that separate the inner from the outer ring shows the remains of a small round boring near one end through which a file, or other tool, was inserted to cut the slit.
The disk ring traditionally is said to be from Shou chou [Shou xian] 壽縣, Anhui 安徽 province.
9. (Stephen Allee, October 27, 2008) Object Title changed from "Ring" to "Two layered twisted rope and incised pattern ring." Object Name changed from "Ring" to "Jewelry (pendant)."
10. (Stephen Allee, June 2, 2009) Corrected name of previous owner from Zhang Naiqi to Zhang Naiji 張乃驥 and added Chinese characters, as well as his life dates (1899--1948) and a brief biography.
11. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, July 9, 2010) Deleted "(pendant)" from Object Name.
12. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, August 21, 2023) Title changed from "Two-layered twisted rope and incised pattern ring" to "Pendant in the form of a ring inside of a fluted ring"; Date changed from "5th-4th century BCE" to "475-221 BCE"; added Chinese caption by Jingmin Zhang.
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