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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.546
Title
Jade Disk with Four Animal Figures on the Rim
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
disk
Date
206 BCE - 220 CE (?)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204862

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pale green translucent nephrite with brownish markings
Dimensions
Diam. 16.5 x Thickness 0.7 cm (6 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
211 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. 538 by Max Loehr:

538 Disk with Four Animal Figures on the Rim
Large disk with a wide perforation, fashioned of pale green translucent jade with brownish markings. On the rim, at opposite points, four small quadrupeds with sinuous bodies are carved in the round. Two of them face front, while the other two look in the opposite direction. One of them, smaller than the rest, is distinguished by its protruding, round eyes, which contrast with the flattish, feline eyes of the others. One side of the disk is decorated with chordal rows of raised spirals, the other with round dots. The perforation is cylindrical, but is beveled on the side decorated with dots. Han.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.546
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. 538, p. 375

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