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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.617
Title
Faceted Jade Ring
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ring
Date
5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Eastern Zhou period, 770-256 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204530

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Milky bluish agate ring, lustrously polished
Dimensions
1 x 7.2 cm (3/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
unspecified: 35 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. 480 by Max Loehr:

480 Faceted Ring
Milky bluish agate ring, lustrously polished. The cross-section of the neatly faceted body is asymmetrically hexagonal. Late Eastern Chou or Han.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.617
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. 480, p. 328

Verification Level

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