2016.227.2: "Eye" Bead with Aqua and White Swirls
Jewelry
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2016.227.2
- Title
- "Eye" Bead with Aqua and White Swirls
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Work Type
- jewelry
- Date
- 5th-3rd century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/357342
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black-surfaced earthenware with inlays of aqua and white glass
- Dimensions
- Each approx: H. 1 x Diam. 1.5 cm (3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Hong Kong, 1990. [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993], sold; to Ralph C. Marcove, New York (1993-2001), transfer; to Trust u/w/o Ralph C. Marcove FBO C Marcove, New York (2001-2016), sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016.
Footnote:
Ralph C. Marcove, MD (1929-2001)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Anthony M. Solomon Fund for the Acquisition of Asian Art
- Accession Year
- 2016
- Object Number
- 2016.227.2
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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