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Asian Art Museum

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    Object Details

    Provenance

    To 1930
    C. T. Loo & Company, New York to 1930 [1]
    From 1930
    Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in 1930 [2]
    Notes:
    [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
    [2] See note 1.

    Collection

    Freer Gallery of Art Collection

    Exhibition History

    Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)
    Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)
    Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
    Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
    Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
    Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)
    Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)
    Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)
    Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)
    Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)
    Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
    Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)

    Previous custodian or owner

    C. T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

    Credit Line

    Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

    Date

    475-221 BCE

    Period

    Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

    Accession Number

    F1930.30

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    Jewelry and Ornament

    Medium

    Jade (nephrite)

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 3.8 × 11.3 × 1.1 cm (1 1/2 × 4 7/16 × 7/16 in)

    Origin

    Probably Jincun, Henan province, China

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    National Museum of Asian Art

    Data Source

    National Museum of Asian Art

    Topic

    jade
    nephrite
    tiger
    Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
    Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
    China
    Chinese Art

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f93cd873-9a31-46ad-97be-bd955b5f1c61

    Record ID

    fsg_F1930.30

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