• Arc-shaped pendant (huang 璜)
  • Arc-shaped pendant (huang 璜)
  • Arc-shaped pendant (huang 璜)

Arc-shaped pendant (huang 璜)

Classification
Jewelry and Ornament
Maker(s)
Artist: Songze culture 崧澤 (ca. 4000-2500 BCE), Liangzhu culture 良渚 (ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE)
Historical period(s)
Late Neolithic period, ca. 3500-2700 BCE
Object Date
ca. 3500-2700 BCE
Medium
Jade (nephrite)
Dimension(s)
H x W x D: 3.3 x 9.5 x 0.8 cm (1 5/16 x 3 3/4 x 5/16 in)
Origin
China, Lake Tai region
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1917.383
弧形璜
新石器時代晚期崧澤文化(公元前4000--2500年)或良渚文化(公元前3300--2250年)
中國太湖地區
軟玉
高3.3、寬9.5、厚0.8釐米
查爾斯·蘭·佛利爾贈送
器物編號:F1917.383
On View Location
Currently not on view
Provenance
Previous owner(s)
You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (C.L. Freer source) (late 19th-early 20th century)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Description
Ornament: type huang 璜; small flat plaque with oval upper edge and straight base with curved notch in center; mottled pale yellow green and cream; reverse covered with white incrustation; two functional holes conically bored from both sides; irregularities in cutting, two saw marks.

Acquired with a box, now lost.
Past label text
Curatorial Remarks
Unpublished Research
Published References
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