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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.562
Title
Ornate 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/204539

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent stone of a pale yellowish green color with creamy white calcified spots
Dimensions
0.3 x 14.2 cm (1/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
unspecified: 121 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. 531 by Max Loehr:

531 Ornate Disk
Thin, translucent disk of a pale yellowish green color with creamy white calcified spots. The design is similar to that of No. 530, except that the outer zone is much more narrow, and instead of four “bucraniums” shows only three; moreover, these heads and appended scrolls with crossing wings are executed by engraved lines of an even thinness. The pattern of relieved hexagons consist of much smaller units here, and lacks the engraved spirals. In addition to the rope-like circle dividing the main zones of décor, a second encircles the inner edge. This disk, unlike No. 530, was executed with great care. Western Han(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.562
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. 531, p. 368

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