Glass Disk | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.50.521
Title: Glass Disk
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: disk
Date: 206 BCE - 9 CE (?)
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204819

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Pale green glass
Dimensions: 0.6 x 11.6 cm (1/4 x 4 9/16 in.)
unspecified: 162 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. 545 by Max Loehr:

545 Glass Disk
Narrow, sharp-edged, plain disk of pale green glass, the surfaces of which are polished smooth. Green stains of bronze oxide; soft calcareous areas; and textile markings. Cracked and repaired. Han.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.50.521

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. 545, p. 381

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