1942.185.128.A-B: Jade Covered Vessel in the Form of an Archaic Bronze 'Gong' Vessel Resting on a Recumbant Mythical Beast
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.185.128.A-B
- Title
- Jade Covered Vessel in the Form of an Archaic Bronze 'Gong' Vessel Resting on a Recumbant Mythical Beast
- Other Titles
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Alternate Title: 觥
Alternate Title: 'guang' - Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- Qianlong period, 1736-1795
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/205396
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Yellow nephrite
- Dimensions
- with lid: H. 19.3 x W. 21.8 x D. 8.8 cm (7 5/8 x 8 9/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- (not assigned): underside, incised: 大清乾隆倣古 [Qianlong period of the Great Qing dynasty, in imitation of the ancient]
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
- 1942.185.128.A-B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), pp. 312-3, fig. 8.6
Exhibition History
Verification Level
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