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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.533
Title
Jade Collared Disk
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
disk
Date
c. 16th cent. BCE - c. 11th cent. BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193284

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Calcified, creamy white stone
Dimensions
0.2 x 0.8 x 13 cm (1/16 x 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
unspecified: 59 g

Published Text

Catalogue
Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Authors
Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber
Publisher
Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975)

Catalogue entry no. 100 by Max Loehr:

100 Collared Disk
Light disk of largely calcified, creamy white stone, with a low collar around the inner edge. The disk surface is polished smooth. Fractures at the rim. Shang(?).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.533
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber, Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), cat. no. 100, pp. 96-97

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