Jade Ring with Concave Wall | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.496
Title: Jade Ring with Concave Wall
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: ring
Date: c. 3300 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2200 BCE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204853

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Mottled whitish nephrite with sparse black veins
Dimensions: 4 x 0.3 x 5.7 cm (1 9/16 x 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
unspecified: 65 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. 174 by Max Loehr:

174 Ring with Concave Wall
Mottled whitish jade with sparse black veins. The wall of the ring is slightly concave; it has a small perforation drilled through it. Traces of cinnabar on the inner side. Shang or Western Chou.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.496

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

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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. 174, p. 137

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