Bracelet

1. Bought from K. T. Wong [Wang Jiantang] 王鑑堂, of Shanghai 上海, in New York. For price, see Original Miscellaneous List, p. 311. $150.
 
2. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Original attribution: Chinese. Hsia [Xia] 夏. See further, S.I. 1349, Appendix IX.
 
3. (Isabel Ingram Mayer, 1945) Ch'ing [Qing] 清 dynasty reproduction of Chou [Zhou] 周 type. Soft material.
 
4. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Sp. G. is 2.952.
 
5. (Thomas Lawton, 1978) Attribution changed from Ch'ing [Qing] 清 to Shang 商.
 
6. (Julia K. Murray, 1982) Compared to Neolithic bangles F1918.21 has sharper, more crisply defined edges and a 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 北京: Wenwu chubanshe 文物出版社, 1980], pl. 150; especially those on the second row from bottom). For a discussion of bangles, see Folder Sheet F1917.387.

7. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 1, 2008) Jewelry added as secondary classification.

8. (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, "Narrow ring with large perforation and flat sides, possibly a bracelet; gun-metal black with white strata covered with earth colored patination. Box."; and added the following to the Description field, "Narrow ring with large perforation and flat sides, possibly a bracelet; gun metal black with white strata covered with earth-colored patination. Acquired with a box, now lost."