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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.377
Title
Small Fluted Jade Ring
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ring
Date
475 BCE - 221 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/203363

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pale green nephrite with whitish markings
Dimensions
0.5 x 4 cm (3/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

Published Text

Catalogue
Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Authors
Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber
Publisher
Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975)

Catalogue entry no. 479 by Max Loehr:

479 Small Fluted Ring
Rope-like ring of pale green jade with whitish markings. Similar to the preceding piece, No. “478“https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/204839?q=1943.50.618. Late Eastern Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.377
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber, Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, 1975)., cat. no. 479, p. 328

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