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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.528
Title
Notched Jade Disk (Xuanqi)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: hsüan-ch'i
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
disk
Date
probably Longshan culture, c. 2500 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204800

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent, evenly pale green stone of a celadon hue with whitish specks
Dimensions
Diam. 16.2 x Thickness 0.3 cm (6 3/8 x 1/8 in.)
109 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. 232 by Max Loehr:

232 Notched Disk (Hsüan-chi)
Translucent, evenly pale green stone of a celadon hue with a few whitish speck caused by calcification. The thin disk has three notches which cut deep into the “flesh,” forming three arcs of approximately 120 degrees each. The slightly conical perforation, which is rather wide, was drilled from the upper side only and ground smooth after drilling. On the underside are a few marks left from sawing the slab out of the original boulder. Western Chou(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.528
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 010, pp. 10-11
  • 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. 232, p. 178

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