Stone Chime (?) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.605
Title: Stone Chime (?)
Classification: Musical Instruments
Work Type: musical instrument
Date: late 19th cent. - early 20th cent.
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204235

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Light brown and russet, dimly translucent stone
Dimensions: 18.3 x 4.2 x 1 cm (7 3/16 x 1 5/8 x 3/8 in.)
unspecified: 178 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. 622 by Max Loehr:

622 Stone Chime(?)
Light brown and russet, dimly translucent stone of lesser hardness than jade. The obtuse-angled, smoothly polished slab, perforated at the apex, is reminiscent of the stone chimes, ch’ing. However, the symmetry of this piece (ch’ing are asymmetrically designed) and the unevenly curved ends do not correspond to the ordinary shape of the ch’ing. Possibly, therefore, the piece was for some reason recut and pierced in the center. Han or later.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.605

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

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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. 622, p. 426

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