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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
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. 546, p. 381

Verification Level

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