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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.541
Title
Ornate Jade Ring-Disk
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
disk
Date
late 19th cent. - early 20th cent.
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204524

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pale green, blackish brown, and russet nephrite with minor flaws
Dimensions
0.7 x 9.9 cm (1/4 x 3 7/8 in.)
unspecified: 89 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. 594 by Max Loehr:

594 Ornate Ring-Disk
Pale green, blackish brown, and russet jade with minor flaws at the margin. The disk, perforated conically from one side, is decorated with an incised and slightly modeled pattern of two bands with pairs of facing, simplified bird heads on a cross-hatched ground. The bird heads on the band along the outer rim interlock with, and touch back to back those projecting from the band around the inner rim. Han or later.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.541
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. 594, p. 413

Verification Level

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