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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.557
Title
Heavy Jade Disk with Pattern of Spirals in Relief
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
disk
Date
late 19th cent. - early 20th cent.
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204552

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Russet brown and greenish gray nephrite
Dimensions
0.8 x 14.2 cm (5/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
unspecified: 286 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. 592 by Max Loehr:

592 Heavy Disk with Pattern of Spirals in Relief
The pattern of this sturdy disk, which is fashioned of an unusual variety of russet brown, and greenish gray jade, seems to be sui generis. It differs in both design and technique from the many instances of plastic curls or comma-shaped spirals earlier described. In the present case, the spirals are recurved (like question marks) and their tails extend across the “aisles” separating the rows; moreover, these spirals are carved out in such a manner that their beveled outer contours rise up steeply, while on the inner side they slope gently, merging imperceptibly into the ground. Surprisingly, there remain no traces whatsoever of the working process. 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
1943.50.557
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. 592, p. 411

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