Harvard Art Museums > 1943.50.612: Fluted Jade Ring-Disk Ritual Implements Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Fluted Jade Ring-Disk , 1943.50.612,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 09, 2023, https://hvrd.art/o/204665. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download A jade disk that has been cut into a ring. The surface has been fluted so it looks like many ridges are twisting throughout the piece. It is pale green in color and it lays flat on a grey background. Gallery Text During the Warring States and Han periods, jades functioned not only as ritual and burial items, but also as objects of personal adornment for the living. Other luxury materials, such as gold, bronze, and glass began to be incorporated with jades with greater frequency. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.50.612 Title Fluted Jade Ring-Disk Classification Ritual Implements Work Type ring Date 4th century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/204665 Location Location Level 1, Room 1740, Early Chinese Art, Arts of Ancient China from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Pale green nephrite with whitish markings and a glossy polish Dimensions Diam. 7.5 x Thickness 0.5 cm (2 15/16 x 3/16 in.) W. of ring 1.1 cm (7/16 in.) Weight 28 g Provenance Recorded Ownership History Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. 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. 477 by Max Loehr: 477 Fluted Ring-Disk Pale green jade with whitish markings; glossy polish. The flattened body is fluted like a tightly twisted rope, with rounded grooves and sharp ridges. Late Eastern Chou. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.50.612 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), cat. no. 477, p. 327 Exhibition History Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013 32Q: 1740 Early China I, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
