Ring with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid

1. Purchased from C. T. Loo and Company, New York. For price, see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920.

2. (Thomas Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Continuity, 480--222 B.C. [Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1982], cat. no. 122) The narrow flat disk is fashioned of semitranslucent pale green jade with large areas that have altered to an opaque cream. The outer edge has a sharp, slightly raised  rim. Incised curls modeled in low relief are arranged in a formal geometric plan on both surfaces of the disk. Curving lines, which appear as extensions of the relief curls, provide some variation to the composition. The rigid placement of the curls contrasts with the more sensitive arrangement of linked curls on the surface of another disk in the Freer collection (cat. no. 117, F1932.41). The irregularity in the definition of the line on the inner edge of the disk is a curious feature on a piece that is otherwise so well finished. It is conceivable that a later hand reworked the piece,
 perhaps when it was unearthed.

3. (Stephen Allee per Keith Wilson, June 18, 2008) As per Jenny F. So, Jade Project Database, changed Date from "4th--3rd century BCE" to "475--221 BCE." Also changed Object Name from "Disk (yuan 瑗)" to "Jewelry (pendant)"; changed Title from "Flat ring of the type yuan 瑗" to "Pendant in the form of a disk (yuan 瑗) with raised  knobs." Added Dimensions per Christine Lee, from Jade Project Database.

4. (Stephen Allee per Keith Wilson, June 23, 2008) Added "Probably Jincun 金村, Henan 河南 province" to Geographical Location, Origin. Added "Warring States period" to Period Two.

5. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 17, 2008) Jewelry added as secondary classification.

6. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, March 10, 2010) Late Eastern Zhou 周 dynasty.

7. (Jeffrey Smith per Janet Douglas, March 17, 2010) Nephrite confirmed as medium.

8. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, May 24, 2010) Changed Object Name from "Pendant: disk" to "Jewelry."

9. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, November 20, 2023) Period One changed from "Late Eastern Zhou dynasty" to "Eastern Zhou dynasty"; Object Name changed from "Pendant" to "Ring"; Classification changed from "Jewelry and Ornament" to "Ceremonial object"; Title changed from "Pendant in the form of a disk (yuan) with raised knobs" to "Ring with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid"; added Chinese caption by Jingmin Zhang; removed the following from the Description field "Translucent pale greenish gray jade (nephrite) more than half deteriorated to an opaque cream color. Outer edge slightly flaring. Carved with small whorl marks in low relief." Added the following to the Description field "Flat ring of the type yuan 瑗. Translucent pale greenish gray nephrite more than half deteriorated to an opaque cream color. Outer edge slightly flaring. Carved with small whorl marks in low relief."