1. Bought from Seaouke Yue [You Xiaoxi] 游筱溪, of Shanghai 上海, in New York. Formerly in the collection of Tuan Fang [Duanfang] 端方, and said to have been excavated at An his [Anxi] 安溪, Chekiang [Zhejiang] 浙江. For price, see Original Miscellaneous List, p. 340.
2. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Original attribution: Chinese. Period unknown. See further, S.I. 1427, Appendix IX.
3. (Isabel Ingram Mayer, 1945) Han 漢 dynasty (?).
4. (Undated Folder Sheet note) Sp. G. is 2.889.
5. (H. Elise Buckman, 1964) The Envelope File contained no further information, and has now been destroyed.
6. (Thomas Lawton, 1973) The following information was carved on the box in which this object arrived: Chou yuan [Zhou yuan] 周瑗.
7. (Thomas Lawton, 1978) Attribution changed from "Han 漢 (?)" to Neolithic.
8. (Julia K. Murray, 1980) "Traditional Chekiang [Zhejiang] 浙江 provenance."
9. (Julia K. Murray, 1982) For a discussion of bangles, see Folder Sheet F1917.387. In shape and proportion, bangle F1919.49 resembles two examples excavated from graves in the upper layer at Ta hsi [Daxi] 大溪, Wu shan [Wushan] 巫山 in Szechwan [Sichuan] 四川 province (Szechwan sheng po-wu-kuan [Sichuan sheng bowuguan] 四川省博物館, "Wu-shan Ta-hsi i-chih ti-san-tzu fa-chueh [Wushan Daxi yizhi disanci fajue] 巫山大溪遺址第三次發掘," K'ao ku hsueh pao [Kaogu xuebao] 考古學報 1981.4, pl. 8:9 [M140:19]; andSzechwan Ch'ang-chiang liu-yu wen-wu pao-hu wei-yuan-hui wen-wu k'ao-ku-tui [Sichuan Changjiang liuyu wenwu baohu weiyuanhui wenwu kaogudui] 四川長江流域文物保護委員會文物考古隊, "Szechwan Wu-shan Ta-hsi hsin-shih-ch'i shih-tai i-chih fa-chueh chi-lueh [Sichuan Wushan Daxi xinshiqi shidai yizhi fajue jilue] 四川巫山大溪新石器時代遺址發掘記略," Wen wu [Wenwu] 文物 1961.11, p. 21, fig. 35, right [M6]). The Ta hsi [Daxi] 大溪 Neolithic culture is thought to have preceded the Ch'u chia ling [Qujialing] 屈家嶺 culture in the middle Yangtze 揚子 area. The upper layer at Ta hsi [Daxi] 大溪 is tentatively attributed to the 4th millennium BCE. Another excavated bangle which is similar to F1919.49 was found in the lower layer at Shih hsia [Shixia] 石峽, Ch'u chiang [Qujiang] 曲江 in Kwangtung [Guangdong] 廣東 province (Kwangtung sheng po-wu-kuan [Guangdong sheng bowuguan] 廣東省博物館 and Ch'u chiang hsien wen-hua-chu Shih-hsia fa-chueh hsiao-tsu [Qujiang xian wenhuaju Shixia fajue xiaozu] 曲江縣文化局石峽發掘小組, "Kwangtung Ch'u-chiang Shih-hsia mu-tsang fa-chueh chien-pao [Guangdong Qujiang Shixia muzang fajue jianbao] 廣東曲江石峽墓葬發掘簡報," Wen wu [Wenwu] 文物 1978.7, p. 15, fig. 30 [M15:1, stone]). The grave in which it was found belongs to the 3rd period, which has been dated to the middle of the 3rd millennium BCE.
10. (Stephen Allee per Keith Wilson, March 3, 2008) On this date entered: Period One (Late Neolithic period), Date (3300--2250 BCE), Artist (Liangzhu 良渚 culture), Title, Object name, Geographical region (Lake Tai 太湖 region); plus Dimensions per Christine Lee, from Jade Project Database.
11. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 1, 2008) Jewelry added as secondary classification.
12. (Jeffrey Smith per Janet Douglas, June 17, 2010) Nephrite added as modifier to existing medium of "jade" based on conservation analysis.
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