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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.151
Title
Jade Cylindrical Bead
Classification
Jewelry
Work Type
jewelry
Date
late 19th - early 20th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204887

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light gray and brownish, translucent nephrite cylinder
Dimensions
H. 2.8 x Diam. 1.8 cm (1 1/8 x 11/16 in.)

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. 612 by Max Loehr:

612 Cylindrical Bead
Light gray and brownish, translucent jade cylinder with a reamed perforation. A decorative frieze, set between plain, sunken bands, consists of symmetrical scrollwork in low relief, arranged in two units and separated by diamonds with cross-hatched centers. Probably post-Han.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.151
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. 612, p. 420

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