Object Details
Provenance
Excavated from Henan province, Xinzheng, in 1923 [1]
From 1923
Freer Gallery of Art, acquired by Carl Whiting Bishop [2]
Notes:
[1] Excavated by Carl Whiting Bishop and Archibald Gibson Wenley as part of the Freer Gallery China Expedition. See item X444, p. 70 in “Part IV, List 2: A Complete List of Objects in the Bishop Collection” from Sarah L. Newmeyer’s Interim Report (1976), copy in the Carl Whiting Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office. See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record. Also refer to Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office. The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection (Bishop Collection) to the permanent collection on August 8, 1974.
[2] See note 1.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Date
ca. 600-476 BCE
Period
Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period
Accession Number
F1979.36
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Jewelry and Ornament
Medium
Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions
H x W x D: 3.8 × 1.7 × 0.7 cm (1 1/2 × 11/16 × 1/4 in)
Origin
Xinzheng, purportedly excavated at Henan province, China
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
jade
nephrite
tiger
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Spring and Autumn period (770 - 476 BCE)
China
Chinese Art
Carl Whiting Bishop collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1979.36