Forked blade (zhang璋), fragment

Classification: Ceremonial Object

Historical period(s): Late Neolithic period, ca. 5000-ca. 1700 BCE

Object Date: ca. 5000-ca. 1700 BCE

Medium: Jade (nephrite)

Dimension(s): H x W x D: 38.8 x 7.3 x 0.7 cm (15 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 1/4 in)

Origin: China

Credit Line: Gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz

Collection: Freer Study Collection

Accession Number: FSC-S-98

: 璋（殘損）
新石器時代晚期,公元前5000-1700年
中國
軟玉
高38.8、寬7.3、厚0.7釐米
伊麗莎白·梅耶·羅倫玆女士贈送
器物編號:FSC-S-98

Provenance: To ?
Duanfang (1861-1911)

To 2000
Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (d. 2001), Armonk, New York [2]

From 2000
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz, Armonk, New York [3]

Notes:

[1] See Curatorial Remark 4 in the object record.

[2] See Collections Management Notes in the object record.

[3] See note 2.

Previous owner(s): Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)
Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1913-2001)

Curatorial Remarks

1. (Jenny F. So, May 24, 2000) Blade re shaped from a broken knife (?).

2. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 8, 2008) Weapon and Armament added as secondary classification.

3. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, April 2, 2010) Object name changed from "Blade" to "Ceremonial object." Title changed from "Blade" to "Straight chisel (gui 圭)."

4. (Najiba Choudhury per Jeffrey Smith, September 10, 2015) Transferred from the Provenance text field: "(Jenny F. So, May 24, 2000) Accompanying fitted box indicates it was formerly in Duanfang 端方's collection (but not published in his catalogue)."
5. (Jeffrey Smith, September 28, 2018) After review of the Deed of Gift on file, the credit line was changed from "Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Lorentz" to "Gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz."
6. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, January 9, 2020) Title changed from "Straight chisel (gui)" to "Forked blade (zhang 璋), fragment"; Object name changed from "Chisel" to "Ceremonial object"; and Date added, "ca. 5000-1700 BCE".

Published References

J. Keith Wilson, Jingmin Zhang. Jades for Life and Death. .

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