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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.593
Title
Large, Heavy Jade Disk with Patterns of Spirals in Concentric Circles
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/204628

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Variegated green, gray, and yellowish brown stone
Dimensions
1.9 x 22.8 cm (3/4 x 9 in.)
unspecified: 1644 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. 587 by Max Loehr:

587 Large, Heavy Disk with Patterns of Spirals in Concentric Circles
Variegated green, gray, and yellowish brown stone disk with a biconical perforation. Both sides are covered with flat, rounded elevations in eleven concentric rows. A crudely incised curve on top of each of the elevations makes them resemble spirals. This technique is distinct from those of the previous described disks with spiral or curved decoration. The surface is even but without a high polish. 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
1943.50.593
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. 587, p. 408

Verification Level

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