Description (Physical description)
Orvar Karlbeck note on catalogue card for 1935.286: 'Decorated with incised lines and of cloudy grey jade.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Display)
Display label found with object reads: 'Jade cicadas. early Han.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Accession register description: 'Jade cicada.'
Event Date 1935
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Note on catalogue card for 1935.286: 'Probably pre-Han.'
Event Date 1935
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1935.286: 'Jade cicada. Length 6.7 cm.'
Event Date 1935
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Acquisition Details)
Note on catalogue card for 1935.286: 'Bought in Peiping.'
Event Date 1935
Author: maa

Context (References)
Jurgens, Valerie. (2012). The Karlbeck Syndicate 1930-1934: Collecting and Scholarship on Chinese Art in Sweden and Britain. Saarbrücken: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Event Date 2012
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Cicada carved from light green coloured jade, possibly jadeite. Biconvex in form, with incised lines outlining the head, antennae and pointed wings on one side, and the wings and abdomen on the other side.
Event Date 31/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Amendments / updates)
The catalogue card for 1935.286 notes that this cicada is 'No. 345 Purchase of Karlbeck Syndicate 1934/5.' However, the object does not match the description for No. 345, which is listed in Karlbeck report 12 (1932) as a 'ring of light blue glass'. 1935.286 also does not match any of the cicadas listed in any of the Karlbeck reports (See archive for reports: BR2/1/1, BR2/1/2, and BR2/1/3). It is therefore uncertain whether the object was collected by Orvar Karlbeck on behalf of the Karlbeck Syndicate.
Event Date 1/11/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Amendments / updates)
The place field previously read: '?Pei-hsing'. However, the catalogue card for 1935.286 reads 'Peiping', which a former name for Beijing (also formerly Peking). The place field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 1/11/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad