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Objects

Various approaches allow you to see all of the pieces currently included in this online catalogue. If you type an object’s identification number in the search box, be sure to add an asterisk "*" at the end. You can discover contents with the faceted search tool or you can type in a common keyword. View curator-selected highlights of the collection, or use the infinite search to browse the entire contents of this catalogue. After you access entries, you can read curatorial records, archival materials, and more information for each object. Click on Contents|IIIF to look at objects by type. When you open additional windows, you can compare views of different objects or multiple views of the same object.

Places

These maps link objects with archaeological information associated with specific locations in China.

People

This unit features previous owners of jades that are now in the Freer and Sackler.

Essays

In the essay section read an article on Charles Lang Freer’s Neolithic jade collection, refer to analytical work done on Freer and Sackler jades, and access an essay in Chinese on the history of archaeological activity at Neolithic Liangzhu 良渚 culture sites.

Videos

Watch documentaries and interviews with jade specialists here.

Resources

Research archival material, selected past publications, and a subject bibliography. Link to the Google Cultural Institute to explore an installation of early Chinese jades in the Freer Gallery of Art.

Download Images

Feel free to download high resolution images for personal, educational, and other non-commercial uses consistent with the principles of fair use. Please review the rights statement and the Smithsonian Terms of Use at the end of each object entry before clicking “Save this image.” Object images should be credited by collection, credit line, and accession number.

Here are our standard object credit formats:

  • For Freer Gallery of Art Objects or Freer Study Collection Objects:
    Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC: [collection or donor information], [accession number]
  • For Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Objects:
    Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC: [collection or donor information], [accession number]

For example, an image of Pendant in the form of a bird (S1987.590) would be credited as:
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC: Gift of Arthur M. Sackler, S1987.590

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