Jade Disk with Archaistic Dragon-Bands in Low Relief

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.540
Title: Jade Disk with Archaistic Dragon-Bands in Low Relief
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: disk
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/204523

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Variegated gray-green stone with black veins
Dimensions: 0.6 x 12 cm (1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
unspecified: 144 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. 593 by Max Loehr:

593 Disk with Archaistic Dragon-Bands in Low Relief
Variegated gray-green stone with black veins; cracked, and with an incrustation of iron rust on one side. The décor, identical on both sides, consists of angular, flat bands with bird and dragon heads in asymmetrical variations. The design is derived from the Li-yü style of bronze decoration. Post-Han.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.540

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. 593, p. 412

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