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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.588
Title
Jade Disk with Pattern of Plastic Curls
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
disk
Date
475 BCE - 221 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204569

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pale greenish nephrite with brown markings and streaks
Dimensions
0.6 x 11.6 cm (1/4 x 4 9/16 in.)
unspecified: 121 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. 388 by Max Loehr:

388 Disk with Pattern of Plastic Curls
Similar to Nos. 385, 386, 387, except that the surface between the curls is slightly less perfectly finished and glossy. Pale greenish jade with brown markings and streaks. Small blackish brown streak at the perimeter. Signs of incipient calcification. Late Eastern Chou.

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. 588 by Max Loehr:

588 Small Disk with Pattern of Raised Dots
Whitish gray and brownish black, faintly translucent jade. The outer edge of the disk is irregularly conical. The surfaces are covered with a pattern of small plastic dots laid out in chordal rows. 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
1943.50.588
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. 388, p. 262

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