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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.607
Title
Jade Disk Segment with Acentric Perforation
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
disk
Date
c. 4000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204287

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pale green nephrite with russet markings and a dark brown spot
Dimensions
W. 2.4 x Chord 10.7 x Thickness 0.4 cm (15/16 x 4 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
38 g

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. 96 by Max Loehr:

96 Disk Segment with Acentric Perforation
Pale green jade with russet markings and a dark brown spot. The surfaces are smooth but uneven; traces of a rotating or oscillating saw, notably on the upper face, have not been completely worked off. The large, acentric conical hole that intersects with the rough-edged chord is flanked by two smaller ones which were drilled from both sides. Late Neolithic or Shang.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.607
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. 96, p. 93

Verification Level

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