Harvard Art Museums > 1943.50.182: Small, Plain Jade Disk with Acentric Hole Ritual Implements Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Small, Plain Jade Disk with Acentric Hole , 1943.50.182,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/204936. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.50.182 Title Small, Plain Jade Disk with Acentric Hole Classification Ritual Implements Work Type disk Date 16th cent. BCE - 11th cent. BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/204936 Physical Descriptions Medium Light gray nephrite in a state of advanced calcification; cinnabar pigment Dimensions 0.2 x 4.4 cm (1/16 x 1 3/4 in.) unspecified: 7 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. 90 by Max Loehr: 90 Small, Plain Disk with Acentric Hole Light gray jade in a state of advanced calcification; cinnabar pigment. Conical perforation, placed off center. Shang. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.50.182 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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. 90, p. 89 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
