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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.334.49
Title
Small Jade Sculpture Representing a Crab Grasping a Branch of Blossoming Chrysanthemum
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/179583

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Yellowish green nephrite with caramel-brown skin in localized areas
Dimensions
2.9 x 14.7 x 9 cm (1 1/8 x 5 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Shirley Nye in memory of Warren E. Cox
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.334.49
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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