Small Jade Fluted Ring | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.498
Title: Small Jade Fluted Ring
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: ring
Date: c. 4000 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Neolithic period
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204865

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Deep celadon-green and cream-colored, partly calcified nephrite
Dimensions: H. 2.6 x Diam. 4.3 x Thickness 0.5 cm (1 x 1 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
31 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. 171 by Max Loehr:

171 Small Fluted Ring
Deep celadon-green and cream-colored, partly calcified jade. Furrows run around the outer wall of the ring; the ridges between them are marked by longitudinal grooves. The perforation widens at both ends. Shang.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.498

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. 171, p. 136

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