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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.280
Title
Archaic Jade 'Bi' Disk Mounted as a Table Screen
Classification
Furniture
Work Type
screen
Date
Qianlong period, 1747
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205460

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Han-dynasty nephrite disk; Qing-dynasty carved wood stand with bronze-inlaid imperial inscription on the reverse
Dimensions
stand: H. 48.3 × W. 32.1 × D. 17.8 cm (19 × 12 5/8 × 7 in.)
disk: Diam. 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)

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
1942.185.280
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. 278-81, cat. 38B, fig. 2

Exhibition History

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