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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.50.487
Title
Jade Bracelet
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/204858

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Translucent celadon-green nephrite with slightly calcified, cream-colored clouds
Dimensions
2.2 x 0.7 x 8.5 cm (7/8 x 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
unspecified: 97 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. 170 by Max Loehr:

170 Bracelet
Translucent celadon-green jade, with slightly calcified, cream-colored clouds. The inner wall of the ring is approximately cylindrical, the outer wall, concave. Around the outer wall, close to the edges run paired grooves; at four equidistant points are transverse depression comparable to those on No. 173. Shang.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.50.487
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. 170, p. 135

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