Plain Jade Disk | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.512
Title: Plain Jade Disk
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: disk
Date: 206 BCE - 9 CE (?)
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204529

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Light greenish gray nephrite, with brown and yellow markings and extensive altered areas
Dimensions: 0.5 x 9.4 cm (3/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
unspecified: 55 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. 546 by Max Loehr:

546 Plain Disk
Narrow, sharp-edged disk, similar to No. 545 but fashioned of a light greenish gray jade, with brown and yellow markings and extensive calcification.

A mineralogical test carried out by Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr., indicated that the material is mainly nephrite. The altered parts may also contain tremolite.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.512

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

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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. 546, p. 381

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