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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.499
Title
Jade Ring with Concave Wall
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ring
Date
c. 3300 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2200 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204835

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cream-colored and russet stone with dark brown markings
Dimensions
2.9 x 0.8 x 7.2 cm (1 1/8 x 5/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
unspecified: 128 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. 606 by Max Loehr:

606 Ring with Concave Wall
Cream-colored and russet stone with dark brown markings, polished smooth and glossy. The perforation is circular, flaring slightly at both ends, and the edges are sharp. Date uncertain.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.499
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. 606, p. 417
  • Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), p. 76, fig. 2

Verification Level

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