Bracelet

1. Bought from Lee Van Ching [Li Wenqing] 李文卿, of Shanghai 上海, in New York. For price, see Original Miscellaneous List, p. 252. $75.
 
2. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Original attribution: Han 漢. See further, S.I. 1125, Appendix VIII (see Paragraph 6).
 
3. (John Ellerton Lodge, 1929) Han 漢, or later.
 
4. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Sp. G. is 2.742.
 
5. (Archibald Gibson Wenley, 1946) Ch'ing [Qing] 清 dynasty.
 
6. (H. Elise Buckman, 1964) The Envelope File contained no further information and has now been destroyed.
 
7. (Thomas Lawton, 1978) Attribution changed from Ch'ing [Qing] 清 to Shang 商. 
 
8. (Julia K. Murray, 1982) Compared to Neolithic bangles, F1917.36 has sharper, more crisply defined edges and glossier polish. Furthermore, the thickness of the wall and diameter of the central perforation are regular. In these respects the bangle resembles some excavated from the tomb of Fu Hao 婦好 at Anyang 安陽 (see Zhongguo shehui kexueyuan kaogu yanjiusuo 中國社會科學院考古研究所, Yinxu Fu Hao mu 殷墟婦好墓 [Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1980], pl. 150; especially those on the second row from the bottom). For a discussion of bangles, see Folder Sheet F1917.387.
 
9. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 1, 2008) Jewelry added as secondary classification.

10. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, May 11, 2018) Medium changed from "Jade" to "Jade (nephrite)"; added Chinese Translation by Jingmin Zhang; removed the following from the Description field : "Thick ring with large perforation and sharp edges, possibly a bracelet; mottled rich cream color with large spots and veinings of amber tone; mirror-like surface. (One smoothed chip on rim). Box."; and added the following to the Description field, "Thick ring with large perforation and sharp edges, possibly a bracelet; mottled rich cream color with large spots and veinings of amber tone; mirror like surface. (One smoothed chip on rim). Acquired with a box, now lost."