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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.571
Title
Jade Disk with Dragon Figure in the Round
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
206 BCE - 220 CE (?)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204542

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Deep yellow-brown, faintly translucent stone with cream-colored streaks
Dimensions
3.1 x 8.2 cm (1 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
unspecified: 137 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. 540 by Max Loehr:

540 Disk with Dragon Figure in the Round
Deep yellow-brown, faintly translucent stone with cream-colored streaks. The disk, which on the underside is covered with a dense pattern of rounded dots, supports the full-round dragon-like figure conforming to the circular shape of the disk. The monster is a quadruped with a long bifurcated tail; its broad, angular, unprepossessing head juts out awkwardly over its thin, round neck; its shoulders and haunches seem overly voluminous in relation to its precariously attenuated, slick body. The animal moves stalking, as though with difficulty. 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
1943.50.571
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. 540, p. 377

Verification Level

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