Jade Bracelet | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.487
Title: Jade Bracelet
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/204858

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Translucent celadon-green nephrite with slightly calcified, cream-colored clouds
Dimensions: 2.2 x 0.7 x 8.5 cm (7/8 x 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
unspecified: 97 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)

170 Bracelet
Translucent celadon-green jade, with slightly calcified, cream-colored clouds. The inner wall of the ring is approximately cylindrical, the outer wall, concave. Around the outer wall, close to the edges run paired grooves; at four equidistant points are transverse depression comparable to those on No. 173. Shang.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.487

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, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), cat. no. 170, p. 135

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