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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.192.D
Title
Rock Crystal Roller
Classification
Artists' Tools
Work Type
artist's equipment
Date
late 19th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205390

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Rock crystal, with red-and-white coral beads at either end, brass brace, and coral handle

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.185.192.D
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Illustrated Catalogue of an Extraordinary Collection of Imperial Jades and Other Beautiful Objects ... : mostly from the private collection of the late Captain J.F. Peel ... to be sold at unrestricted public sale by order of Messrs. Yamanaka & Co. .., auct. cat., American Art Association (New York, NY, 1912), no. 220 (illustrated with brush holder and other implements)

Verification Level

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