Dagger-axe (ge), fragment reworked, with masks, dragon heads, and raised dragon elements
Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1916
- Lai Yuan and Company, New York, to 1916 [1]
- From 1916 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854–1919), purchased from Lai Yuan and Company in 1916 [2]
- From 1920
- The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 888, p. 195, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [2] See note 1.
- [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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- 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)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 20th century
- Period
- Forgery in the style of Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period
- Accession Number
- F1916.151
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Ceremonial Object
- Medium
- Jade (nephrite)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7.7 × 5.5 × 0.9 cm (3 1/16 × 2 3/16 × 3/8 in)
- Origin
- China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Jades for Life and Death
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- jade
- nephrite
- Modern period (1912 - present)
- forgery
- China
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1916.151
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye34b319011-c5fb-427b-9080-4cf718c59748
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