• Bracelet
  • Bracelet
  • Bracelet

Bracelet

Classification
Jewelry and Ornament
Historical period(s)
Late Neolithic period, ca. 5000-1700 BCE
Object Date
ca. 5000-1700 BCE
Medium
Jade (nephrite)
Dimension(s)
H x Diam: 1.6 x 8.6 cm (5/8 x 3 3/8 in) Diam (hole): 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in)
Origin
China, Lake Tai region, purportedly found in Shaanxi
Notes
purportedly found in Shaanxi
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1917.387
手鐲
新石器時代晚期(公元前5000--1700年)
中國,傳陝西出土
軟玉
高1.6、直徑8.6釐米;孔徑6.3釐米  
查爾斯·蘭·佛利爾贈送  
器物編號:F1917.387
On View Location
Currently not on view
Provenance
Previous owner(s)
Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)
You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (C.L. Freer source) (late 19th-early 20th century)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Description
Narrow ring with wide perforation and flat sides, possibly a bracelet; mottled yellow, orange, and reddish brown; proportions irregular; some areas of gray incipient disintegration. (Rim slightly chipped.)

Acquired with a box, now lost.
Curatorial Remarks
Published References
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