Ornament in the form of a tortoise shell
date: label: Date
content: 1368-1644
label: Period
content: Ming dynasty
notes: label: Provenance
content: Possibly excavated in Shansi [1]
label: Provenance
content: To 1916
label: Provenance
content: You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1916 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York in 1916 [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, this object was "said to have been excavated in Shansi."
label: Provenance
content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1059, pg. 237, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See note 2.
label: Provenance
content: [4] 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: 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: China
topic: label: Topic
content: carving
label: Topic
content: incising
label: Topic
content: jade
label: Topic
content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
label: Topic
content: tortoise
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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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: F1916.513
objectType: label: Type
content: Jewelry and Ornament
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Jade
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2.9 x 5.1 x 6.2 cm (1 1/8 x 2 x 2 7/16 in)