Ring

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. 259.

2. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Original attribution: Chinese. Han 漢. See further, S.I. 1145, Appendix VIII (see Paragraph 6).

3. (John Ellerton Lodge, 1921) Han 漢 or earlier.

4. (Isabel Ingram Mayer, 1945) Ch'ing [Qing] 清 dynasty or later reproduction of early type. Comparatively soft material. Color applied (?).

5. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Sp. G. is 2.774.

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, F1917.58 has sharper, more crisply defined edges and a glossier polish. Furthermore, the thickness of the wall and the diameter of the hole show only very slight irregularity. The bangle is unusually wide, suggesting that perhaps material from within its circumference was used to make some other artifact. For a discussion of bangles, see Folder Sheet F1917.387.

9. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, May 10, 2016) Period changed from Shang dynasty to Late Neolithic period, with object date changed from ca. 1600-1050 BCE to ca. 3000-1700 BCE.