Disk (<em>bi</em> 璧)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 2000-1000 BCE
label: Period
content: Late Neolithic period
notes: label: Description
content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; of slate-colored material completely covered with a chalky coating stained in shades from cream to a dark reddish-tan on the obverse, lighter shades on reverse. (One chipped area on rim.)
label: Description
content: Acquired with a box, now lost.
label: Provenance
content: Possibly excavated in Lo-yang, Honan [1]
label: Provenance
content: Duanfang (1861-1911), Peking [2]
label: Provenance
content: To 1919
label: Provenance
content: You Xiaoxi, Shanghai to 1919 [3]
label: Provenance
content: 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in New York in 1919 [4]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [5]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, pg. 346, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [4] See note 3.
label: Provenance
content: [5] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
label: Exhibition History
content: Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes (November 20, 2010 to January 3, 2016)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Sichuan Province, China
topic: label: Topic
content: serpentine (mineral)
label: Topic
content: jade
label: Topic
content: Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
culture: label: Culture
content: Sanxingdui culture, ca. 2000-ca. 1000 BCE
setName: label: On View
content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 19: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades
label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
label: Related Online Resources
content: Jades for Life and Death
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1919.59
objectType: label: Type
content: Ceremonial Object
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Jade (serpentine)
label: Dimensions
content: Diam x D: 25.5 x 1.2 cm (10 1/16 x 7/16 in)
label: Dimensions
content: Diam (hole): 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in)