Disk (<em>bi</em> 璧)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE
label: Period
content: Late Neolithic period
notes: label: Provenance
content: Reportedly excavated at An-hsi, Chekiang [1]
label: Provenance
content: Wu Dacheng (1835-1902) [2]
label: Provenance
content: To 1919
label: Provenance
content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), 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] The jade was formerly in the collection of Wu Dacheng, and is mentioned in You Xiaoxi’s catalogue. See the 1917 album compiled by You Xiaoxi (Seaouke You) of works in his collection, no. 67; Charles Lang Freer Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1399, pg. 327, 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: Previous custodian or owner
content: Wu Dacheng 吳大澂 (1835-1902)
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: Lake Tai region, China
topic: label: Topic
content: jade
label: Topic
content: nephrite
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: Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE
setName: label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
label: Related Online Resources
content: Jades for Life and Death
label: See more items in
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: F1919.20
objectType: label: Type
content: Ceremonial Object
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Jade (nephrite)
label: Dimensions
content: Diam x D: 17.6 x 1.1 cm (6 15/16 x 7/16 in)