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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
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
  • (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
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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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