Cylindrical bead
date: label: Date
content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE
label: Period
content: Late Neolithic period
notes: label: Description
content: Bead; long, cylindrical, with longitudinal perforation; semitranslucent, mottled gray and brown; perforation and proportions irregular. (Slightly chipped.) One of a set: F1914.126 and F1914.127.
label: Provenance
content: To 1914
label: Provenance
content: Huang Zhonghui (circa 1870- after 1923), to 1914 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1914 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Huang Zhonghui, in New York, in 1914 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5687, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] 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: Huang Zhonghui 黃中慧 (ca. 1870-after 1923) (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: carving
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: F1914.127
objectType: label: Type
content: Jewelry and Ornament
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Jade (nephrite)
label: Dimensions
content: H x Diam: 3.3 × 1.1 cm (1 5/16 × 7/16 in)